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Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Supporters of Iran-backed Shiite groups rallied in Baghdad on Friday to denounce their rivals, followers of an influential Shiite cleric who stormed the parliament last month and have since been holding a sit-in outside the assembly building in the Iraqi capital. World News | Rival Iraq Protests Underscore Inter-Shiite Power Struggle.

Supporters of Iran-backed Shiite groups rallied in Baghdad on Friday to denounce their rivals, followers of an influential Shiite cleric who stormed the parliament last month and have since been holding a sit-in outside the assembly building in the Iraqi capital.

Opponents of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr launched their own Baghdad sit-in Friday two weeks after al-Sadr supporters stormed parliament and began an open-ended protest first inside, then outside…

Supporters of al-Sadr are demanding early elections while opponents say last October’s poll should be honoured.

The UN has called on various political factions to set aside differences and look for "urgent solutions" to the political crisis. 

Baghdad, Aug 12 (EFE).- Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Baghdad on Friday in response to calls by Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr and his political rival, the pro-Iranian alliance Framework for Coordination, who organized separate marches with the country paralyzed by political deadlock. Al Sadr’s supporters gathered in the vicinity …

Prominent Shiite clerics opponents launch rival sit-in in Iraqi capital-

The Shiite political parties are split into two rival camps, the Sadrists and the Coordination Framework, which is far less than unified.

Supporters of Iran-backed Shiite groups rallied in Baghdad on Friday to denounce their rivals, followers of an influential Shiite cleric who stormed the parliament last month and have since been holding a sit-in outside the assembly building in the Iraqi capital.

10 months after Iraqi elections, intra-Shia feuding between the Sadrist movement and the Coordination Framework has led to several public demonstrations but few viable solutions.