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Baghdad, Aug 31 (EFE).- The Sadrist movement led by influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday blamed an Iran-allied Iraqi political bloc for recent violent clashes that left 35 people dead. In a statement, Saleh al-Iraqi, the spokesman for the Sadrists, told Iran to “rein in its camel” in Iraq, in reference to the Coordination …

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Iraqi prominent Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has urged his followers to end their protests and withdraw from the Green Zone in Baghdad, after clashes killed 22 people and wounded more than 200 others.At a televised press conference on Tuesday in ...

Fighting erupted in the center of Baghdad on Monday as followers of Muqtada al Sadr sought to seize government buildings in the Iraqi capital. They did so shortly after the firebrand Iraqi cleric announced his retirement from politics.

BAGHDAD (AP) — An influential Shiite cleric announced Monday that he would resign from Iraqi politics, prompting hundreds of his angry followers to st

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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi paramilitary forces killed in heavy clashes with the supporters of a powerful Shiite cleric were laid to rest on Wednesday as Iraq’s parliament speaker announced three days of mourning.

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Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr may have declared his "definitive retirement" from politics this week, but the violence that erupted after his announcement points to murkier intentions, analysts believe."Sadr is looking to become the most powerful Shiite political player in Iraq," Renad Mansour of British think tank Chatham House told AFP."That is his agenda, and part of achieving that requires destabilising not just the political system as such, but particularly the Sh...

A months-long political crisis in Iraq showed little sign of abating Wednesday despite a fresh push for negotiations after nearly 24 hours of deadly violence between rival Shiite factions ended.Baghdad's highly-secured Green Zone returned to normality after 30 people were killed and 570 wounded in the clashes pitting supporters of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr against pro-Iran factions.Since elections in October 2021, political deadlock has left Iraq without a new government, prime mi...