Leader of the Sadrist movement, cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, is seeking to seize control of the transitional period in Iraq to end the “current political equation”, but he may also be speeding up the eruption of a confrontation on the ground with the rival pro-Iran Coordination Framework.
Hundreds of Sadr’s supporters stormed Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and embassies, for the second time in 72 hours on Saturday, protesting government formation efforts led by the Framework.
