Iraq: Concerns over Escalating Conflict between Sadrist Movement, Coordination Framework

Iraq’s political blocs hold a dialogue session at the government palace in Baghdad (Prime Minister's Office - EPA)

Concerns have mounted in Iraq over the conflict between the Sadrist movement and the Coordination Framework, which was further compounded by the street pressure exerted on Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.

Photos published by the Iraqi government showed Al-Kadhimi exhausted as he spoke with the leaders of the political blocs during the dialogue session that the Sadrist movement boycotted.