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The power struggle is between the influential Shi'a cleric Moqtada Sadr and Iran-backed Shi'a rivals. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Baghdad, Jul 31 (EFE).- Loyalists to influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr started preparing for a long sit-in at the parliament building in Baghdad on Sunday, a day after breaking into it for the second time in a week amid a months-long political deadlock. Security forces currently are allowing lawmakers to freely enter and leave …

Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr occupied the country’s parliament on Saturday with no plan to leave, deepening a months-long political standoff. It is the second time in days that supporters of the firebrand Shiite cleric have forced their way into the legislative chamber, after elections in October last year failed to lead to the formation of a government. “The demonstrators announce a sit-in until further notice,” al-Sadr’s movement said in a brief statement to jour...

BAGHDAD -- Thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric stormed into Iraqs parliament on Saturday, the second time in four days, protesting government formation efforts led by his rivals, an alliance of Iran-backed groups.

Hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric are camped out inside Iraq's parliament after toppling security walls around the building and storming in the previous day

BAGHDAD — A power struggle in Iraq between the influential Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Sadr and Iran-backed Shi’ite rivals has escalated with his supporters…

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BAGHDAD (AP) — With mattresses strewn about, food trucked in and protesters playacting as lawmakers, hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric were camped out Sunday inside the Iraqi parliament after toppling security walls around the building and storming in the previous day.

Followers of an influential cleric have pledged to continue the sit-in to derail efforts from Iran-backed groups to form the country's next government.

Hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric are camped out inside Iraq's parliament after toppling security walls around the building and storming in the previous day.