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BAGHDAD: In a bid to break the country's political impasse, top Iraqi officials and political figures have urged followers of Shia cleri... | News Track

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s caretaker prime minister called a meeting of senior political leaders and party representatives Wednesday, seeking a way out of a monthslong crisis amid a power struggle between rival Shiite blocs.

Iraq’s finance minister resigned Tuesday, two government officials said, over the country’s worst political crisis in years involving an influential Shiite cleric and his Iran-aligned rivals. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said Finance Minister Ali Allawi resigned during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday to protest the political conditions. They…

Pledge to keep talking, urge cleric to join what Al Kadhemi calls ‘national dialogue’

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In the capital of crisis-torn Iraq, two tent cities have sprung up as rival Shiite blocs have set up protest camps, complete with cooked meals and air-conditioners against the blistering heat.As the war-scarred country's political impasse has dragged on ever since inconclusive October elections, both sides are digging in for the long haul in and near Baghdad's high-security Green Zone.

The leader of the Sadrist movement in Iraq, Muqtada Al-Sadr did not attend the national dialogue meeting held yesterday afternoon at the invitation of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi to end the coun...

Movement accuses participants of seeking to remain in power - Anadolu Agency

Finance Minister Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi has resigned from his post in the Iraqi government.

Iraqi PM urges rival parties to solve political deadlock via dialogue-