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Rockets fired as Iraq MPs bid to elect president, end deadlock

Baghdad (AFP) - Rocket fire targeting Baghdad's Green Zone wounded 10 people Thursday, as Iraqi lawmakers gathered for their fourth attempt to elect a president and break political gridlock that has sparked protests and deadly violence.

Muqtada al-Sadr and Iraq’s propensity for an intra-Shia conflict

Muqtada al-Sadr and Iraq’s propensity for an intra-Shia conflict

Before Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr’s call for an end to the violence, analysts feared Iraq was headed to war.

Timeline: What led to the fighting in Iraq’s capital Baghdad

Timeline: What led to the fighting in Iraq’s capital Baghdad

Latest violence started and ended after comments from Muqtada al-Sadr, an influential voice in Iraq for 20 years.

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Iraqi capital Baghdad wakes up to gunfire after night of violence

Violence has left at least 30 dead, as fighting between supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr and his rivals continues.

Iran Guards, Lebanese Hezbollah, Sadr Rivals Discussed Confronting him with Arms

Four leaders of Iraqi Shiite factions met with two members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah party at a house in Baghdad in mid-August. Just outside, in the heavily fortified Green Zone, supporters of influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were collecting thousands of signatures for a “legal…

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Iraqi cleric Sadr calls off protests after worst Baghdad violence in years

Powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to end their protests in central Baghdad on Tuesday, easing a confrontation which led to the deadliest violence in the Iraqi capital in years.

In new power play, Iraq's Sadr mobilises supporters for mass prayer

Baghdad (AFP) - Tens of thousands converged on Baghdad's Green Zone Friday for mass prayers in a new power play by Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr after his adversaries conditionally backed his call for early elections.

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Tea and hot meals at Iraq parliament as protesters settle in

Tea and hot meals at Iraq parliament as protesters settle in

Baghdad (AFP) - Volunteers shuttled back and forth in fleets of pickups to Iraq's normally secure Green Zone Saturday as protesters who occupied parliament earlier in the day settled in for the long haul.

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Sadr storm Baghdad's Green Zone again

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Sadr storm Baghdad's Green Zone again

Thousands of supporters of Shi'ite populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed Baghdad's fortified government zone and broke into parliament on Saturday for the second time in a week, leaving at least 125 people injured and escalating a political stand-off.

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