Muqtada Al-Sadr instructed his followers to leave parliament within 72 hours. They were directed to protest outside the Green Zone, which houses Iraq’s government buildings and foreign embassies. His followers stormed parliament on Saturday to prevent the Iran-backed alliance from voting in a new government. BAGHDAD: Followers of an influential Shiite cleric who occupied the … Read more
Demonstrators loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr broke into the Green Zone for the second time this week. At least 125 people have been injured, including 100 civilians and 25 military personnel. Outgoing Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi urged protesters to be calm and patient. Baghdad: More than 100 people were injured in Baghdad clashes on Saturday after … Read more
Protesters storm Iraqi parliament for second time in a week, injuring at least 60 people. Demonstrators are protesting the nomination of pro-Iran opposition candidates for prime minister. Muqtada al-Sadr’s bloc gained most seats but is out of power due to a political impasse. Protesters stormed the Iraqi parliament for the second time in a week, … Read more
Muqtada al-Sadr’s supporters broke into Baghdad’s heavily guarded Green Zone to protest the new prime minister. The largest Shiite alliance in parliament chose Mohammed Shiya al-Sudani on Monday. Sadr’s own attempts to form a government have failed. IRAQ: Hundreds of angry supporters of the powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr broke into Baghdad’s heavily guarded Green Zone … Read more
Iraq’s parliament will take legal steps to replace Muqtada Al-legislative Sadr’s bloc, Speaker Mohammed Al-Halbousi said. The Sadrist faction resigned en masse after Al-Sadr asked them to during a protracted deadlock over creating a cabinet. Iraq’s parliament will take legal steps to replace Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-legislative Sadr’s bloc, as per parliamentary Speaker Mohammed Al-Halbousi, … Read more
Iraq passes new law; severe punishment for having relations with ‘Zionist’ Israel Iraq’s parliament has passed a regulation that makes it wrongdoing to have relations with Israel, and infringement of the law can be culpable with capital punishment or life detainment. The law, named “Condemning Normalization and Establishment of Relations with the Zionist Entity”, was … Read more
