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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lamiat Sabin

Iraq: Hundreds of Muqtada al-Sadr supporters storm parliament

Ali Abdul Hassan/AP

Hundreds of protesters have stormed the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad against a prime ministerial candidate who is supported by parties backed by Iran.

The majority of the men were followers of Shia Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who had called on them to breach the city’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign embassies.

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