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Shi’ite Muslim political and paramilitary groups are escalating a tense political standoff which many Iraqis worry could lead to new conflict in the country.

Reuters

Cunningham picks former fighter pilot as SC gov running mate

Joe Cunningham has chosen a civil litigator who flew combat missions in Iraq to be his running mate

The Independent UK

Baghdad braces for clashes as rival camps to stage protests

Baghdad braced for demonstrations on Monday by rival Shi'ite Muslim groups which are affiliated with heavily armed militias, raising fears of clashes as tension soars over the formation of a government.

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Threat of protests, violent escalation stirs panic in Iraq

The political rivals of an influential Iraqi cleric whose followers stormed the parliament have declared their own counter-protest

The Independent UK

Iraq Tensions Soar as Protesters Rally against Parliament Occupation

Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad Monday in counter-protests as rival supporters of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr extended their occupation of parliament into a third day. Almost 10 months after Iraqis went to the polls, a political standoff pits two key factions of the Shiite political…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Militias Transport Deir Ezzor Wheat to Iraq for Higher Profit

The security branches of the Syrian regime have seized large quantities of wheat stored by farmers, and others working in the grain trade, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, while sources confirmed that large parts of the crops would be transported to Iraq, where Iranian militias sell them at…

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Iraqi Army Denies Defections: We Stand at Equal Distance from People

The Iraqi Defense Ministry denied on Monday reports of defections in the military. The army and all its members are in service of the people and they stand at an equal distance from them, it said in a statement. Social media posts had claimed that a military infantry unit had…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Protesters camp out in Iraq's Parliament building as a power struggle unfolds

Followers of an influential cleric have pledged to continue the sit-in to derail efforts from Iran-backed groups to form the country's next government.

WEKU

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric urges more to join parliament takeover

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his supporters, including tribal leaders and paramilitary forces, to join thousands of others who are now occupying the nation’s parliament to prevent the formation of a new government.

Tribune News Service

Briton leaves Iraq after antiquities conviction quashed

A retired British geologist jailed in Iraq for antiquities smuggling has been freed and has left the country

The Independent UK

What’s Driving the Power Struggle in Iraq?

A power struggle in Iraq between the influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and Iran-backed Shiite rivals has escalated with his supporters breaking into parliament and beginning an open-ended sit-in protest. The tussle over who gets to form the next government has deepened a fissure in the Shiite community that has…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Briton Leaves Iraq after Antiquities Conviction Quashed

A retired British geologist jailed in Iraq for antiquities smuggling has been freed and has left the country, his family said Sunday. Jim Fitton, 66, was sentenced in June to 15 years in an Iraqi prison. A Baghdad appeals court overturned the conviction and last week ordered his release. Fitton…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Family of geologist freed from Iraq thank ‘kindness of strangers’ for his return

Jim Fitton, 66, was arrested on March 20 and jailed for 15 years for collecting stones and shards of pottery as souvenirs.

The Independent UK

Iraq cleric's followers camped out in parliament for 2nd day

Hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric are camped out inside the Iraqi parliament, after toppling security walls around the building and storming in the previous day

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Explainer: What's driving the power struggle in Iraq?

A power struggle in Iraq between the influential Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr and Iran-backed Shi'ite rivals has escalated with his supporters breaking into parliament and beginning an open-ended sit-in protest.

Reuters

Sadr's followers set up for long sit-in at Iraq parliament

Supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr erected tents and prepared for an open-ended sit-in at Iraq's parliament on Sunday, in a move that could prolong political deadlock or plunge the country into fresh violence.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds of protesters camp at Iraq parliament for a second day

Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr erect tents and prepare for a sit-in protesting his rivals’ efforts to form a government.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sadr Opts for ‘Coup’ in Iraq

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…

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Sadr’s Followers Set Up for Long Sit-in at Iraq Parliament

With mattresses strewn about, food trucked in and protesters playacting as lawmakers, hundreds of followers of influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were camped out Sunday inside the Iraqi parliament after toppling security walls around the building and storming in the previous day. The protesters pledged to hold an open-ended sit-in…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Iran is trying to play the Saudis against the US. It won’t work

With President Joe Biden having departed the Middle East, the region’s two prime antagonists are thinking about just getting along. Iran and Saudi Arabia, having completed five rounds of talks in Iraq over the past year, both said recently that they were moving toward higher-level negotiations on reconciliation. Paradoxically, this…

Evening Standard

Iraq: Thousands of protesters storm parliament building in Baghdad for second time in a week

Thousands of protesters in Iraq stormed parliament on Saturday for the second time this week.

Tribune News Service

Ted Cruz fist bump upsets backers of bill to help veterans sickened by burn pits

WASHINGTON — As the Senate voted this week on a bill that would help veterans sickened by toxic fumes from burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was standing near the front of the room chatting with colleagues.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sadr’s Supporters Breach Parliament Building in Baghdad's Green Zone Again

Thousands of supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday stormed Baghdad's fortified government zone and breached Iraq's parliament, the second time in a week, to protest the government formation efforts led by Iran-backed groups. Protesters rallied by Sadr and his social-political Sadrist Movement tore down concrete barriers and entered…

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

Iraqi protesters storm parliament for second time in a week

Supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr occupy parliament to prevent the nomination of a new PM.

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