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Thousands of supporters of Iraq's powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr stepped up their pressure tactics Friday with a weekly prayer session in the high-security Green Zone they have occupied for three weeks.Tensions in the impoverished, war-scarred country have escalated over the inability of political factions to agree on formation of a government, 10 months after parliamentary elections.

Iraq’s Sunni and Kurdish forces are closely watching developments between the Sadrist movement and the Coordination Framework, so as to take a political position on whether to dissolve parliament and hold early elections.

By Amina Ismail BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Sabreen Khalil lost her husband to COVID last year, leaving her to raise seven children alone, but Iraqi governmen...

Sabreen Khalil lost her husband to COVID last year, leaving her to raise seven children alone, but Iraqi government funding to help her and hundreds of thousands of families in poverty is blocked by

BAGHDAD: Thousands of supporters of Iraq’s religious leader Moqtada Sadr stepped up their pressure tactics on Friday with a weekly prayer session in the high-security Green Zone they have occupied for three weeks. Tensions in the war-scarred country have escalated over the inability of political factions to agree on formation of a government, 10 months after parliamentary

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's main political leaders — but not firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr — agreed on Wednesday to work on a roadmap aimed at ending the country's political impasse, after talks called by the premier.They also pledged to keep talking, and urged Sadr to join what Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhemi called the "national dialogue".Ten months after a general election

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s main political leaders — but not firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr — agreed on Wednesday to work ...

Top Iraqi officials and political leaders have called on supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to engage in a national dialogue in an effort to solve the country's political deadlock.In a meeting attended by Iraqi President Barham Salih, ...