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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

As Iraqi Protesters Rally, Political Deadlock Leaves Families without Cash

A supporter of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr attends the mass Friday prayer outside the parliament near the Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq August 19, 2022. (Reuters)

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 political stalemate.

With politicians deadlocked over forming a new government since an election in October, rival Shiite factions in Baghdad on Friday continued their weeks-long protests which have prevented parliament from meeting.

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