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CAIRO (Sputnik) - The supporters of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr who seized the Iraqi parliament building earlier this week will remain there until... 31.07.2022, Sputnik International

BAGHDAD: With mattresses strewn about, food trucked in and protesters playacting as lawmakers, hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric c...

Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and occupied parliament on Saturday in a deepening political crisis.

Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada 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 October elections failed to lead to the formation of a government."The demonstrators announce a sit-in until further notice," Sadr's movement said in a brief statement to journalists c...

Parliament Speaker Mohammed Halbousi suspended future sessions until further notice.

Demonstrators used ropes to pull down cement barricades.

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric breached Iraq's parliament on Saturday, the second time in a week, to protest the

The Iraqi parliament was breached for the second time in a week as supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr held demonstrations in protest of the newly formed government. In the elections which were held last year, Al-Sadr’s bloc was the biggest faction in the parliament, but fell short of securing majority and the uncertainty over a stable government was finally resolved with a vote scheduled to elect Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as the Prime Minister. However, the protesters were not happy with the pro-...

Demonstrators used ropes to pull down cement barricades.

Demonstrators used ropes to pull down cement barricades.