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The court ruled it doesn't have the authority under the country's constitution to dissolve the legislature, which was a key demand by influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr

Iraq's top court has ruled that it does not have the constitutional right to dissolve the country's parliament

There is usually a lot of competition between near-equal armed groups in Iraq. Resisting the 2003 US-led invasion provided a good opportunity for emerging groups from Sunni and Shia communities across...

Tension remains high in Iraq as leaders try to reassure the international community after dozens were killed.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqs caretaker prime minister convened a second round of talks Monday...

BAGHDAD: Iraq s caretaker prime minister convened a second round of talks on Monday with Iraqi leaders aimed at resolving the ongoing political crisis...

Iran-backed the Coordination Framework is allegedly planning to hold a session post Arbaeen to elect a president, a source told The New Arab.

Shelling targeted Baghdad's high-security Green Zone on Monday, a security source said, after Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr said he was quitting politics,

While millions of Iraqis and many observers were waiting for a statement from the religious authority in Najaf about the Shiite-Shiite fights in Iraq — between gunmen loyal to the Sadrist movement and their counterparts affiliated with the Coordination Framework — Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani was quietly seeking to stop the violence and clear the Green Zone and the rest of

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