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Weeks of political tension boiled over after firebrand Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s “exit” from politics. Iraq remains in political turmoil.

BAGHDAD: Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr may have declared his “definitive retirement” from politics this week, but...

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This isn’t the first time Muqtada al-Sadr has said he’s leaving politics. What it means for Iraq’s future

Over the weekend, followers of the powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed and occupied Iraq’s parliament in protest over a rival bloc attempting to form a government. The move comes less than two months after al-Sadr’s bloc in parliament resigned after its failure to form a majoritarian government following its victory in the October 2021 elections. Nearly 10 months after those elections, there is still no new government and the stability of the country is at stake as this showdo...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi supporters of powerful cleric Moqtada Sadr began withdrawing Tuesday from Baghdad's Green Zone after he demanded fighting end between rival Shiite forces and the army that left 23 dead and hundreds wounded.The violence that erupted on Monday pitched Sadr loyalists against Shiite factions backed by neighbouring Iran, with the sides exchanging gunfire across

The situation in Baghdad has calmed somewhat after cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his supporters to pull back.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories, 0200 GMT on August 31, 2022.

The caretaker government of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew, while Iran closed its borders with Iraq on the eve of an annual pilgrimage to Iraqi Shia sites.