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Opponents of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr launched their own Baghdad sit-in Friday, nearly two weeks after Sadr supporters stormed parliament and began an open-ended protest first inside, then outside the legislature. The opposing encampments are the latest turn in a standoff between Iraq's rival Shiite blocs which has so far remained peaceful in the war-scarred country.The pro-Iran Coordination Framework said it would hold an "indefinite sit-in" to press for a new governme...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Supporters of Iran-backed Shiite groups rallied in Baghdad on Friday to denounce their rivals, followers of an influential Shiite cleric

Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday called on the judiciary to dissolve parliament by the end of next week.

The populist cleric’s delegitimization of Iraq’s political institutions threatens to undo the country’s hard-fought progress.

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KARBALA, Iraq — Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims on Tuesday marked the festival of Ashura in Iraq’s holy city of Karbala, the burial place of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed.The emotional event commemorates the 7th century battlefield martyrdom of Hussein, whom Shiites view as the rightful successor to the Prophet Mohammed, the issue at the heart of a

An influential Shiite cleric in Iraq whose supporters earlier this month stormed the parliament in Baghdad and are holding a sit-in outside the building, has stepped up his demands and issued a veiled threat of violence

Nation needs international help to ensure its rectified for peace to return to its beleaguered people

Feature: Iraqs Sadrist supporters determined to continue protests unless demands for reforms are met-

Iraq's powerful Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday called on the judiciary to dissolve parliament by the end of next week, urging his supporters to keep up a sit-in outside the legislature.