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BAGHDAD (AP) — An influential Shiite cleric announced Monday that he would resign from...

Protests are happening throughout Iraq following cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's announcement declaring he has given up on politics.

Supporters storm government palace as tensions soar amid political stalemate

When he raises his index finger and frowns, Iraq holds its breath. The mercurial Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has yet again showed his strength in Iraqi politics, able to mobilise his loyalists with a…

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Followers of Shiite cleric riot after he announces plans to resign; UN calls developments 'extremely dangerous escalation'

Twelve protesters were killed Monday after supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr stormed the government palace in Baghdad's Green Zone as the powerful Shiite leader said he was quitting politics.

The Iraqi judiciary issued arrest warrants and travel bans against key Sadrist movement leaders amid violent political conflicts, but their enforcement could be a sensitive task.

Washington has denied that its embassy in the Iraqi capital was evacuated amid the chaos Two people were killed and 19 injured in clashes

Hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric stormed Iraq’s government palace shortly after he announced he was withdrawing from politics, further deepening an unprecedented political crisis.