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EXPLAINER: What spurred the bloody armed clashes in Baghdad?

BAGHDAD ((DailyNews)) — Iraq’s long-running power struggle between rival Shiite camps devolved into bloody street violence this week – the culmination of months of...

Iraqis heed cleric’s plea to leave streets after clashes

BAGHDAD ((DailyNews)) — Armed supporters of a powerful Iraqi cleric who clashed with security forces in the capital began to withdraw from the streets...

Clashes erupt after Iraqi Shiite cleric resigns, 15 dead

BAGHDAD ((DailyNews)) — An influential Shiite cleric announced Monday that he would resign from Iraqi politics, prompting hundreds of his angry followers to storm...

Iraqi PM: Political crisis undermining security achievements

BAGHDAD ((DailyNews)) — Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi warned Saturday that the political crisis in the country is threatening security achievements made in...

Iraqi judiciary says it has no powers to dissolve parliament

BAGHDAD ((DailyNews)) — Iraq’s top judicial body said Sunday it doesn’t have the authority to dissolve the country’s parliament, days after an influential Shiite...

Despite public anger, no progress in Iraq political deadlock

BAGHDAD ((DailyNews)) — Weeks after followers of an influential cleric stormed parliament, Iraq’s political crisis shows no signs of abating, despite rising public anger...

In Baghdad’s Sadr City, cleric’s support underpins protests

BAGHDAD ((DailyNews)) — Khalil Ibrahim’s four sons are among thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric staging a sit-in outside Iraq’s parliament after...

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

BAGHDAD ((DailyNews)) — With mattresses strewn about, food trucked in and protesters playacting as lawmakers, hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric were...

Iraqi protesters storm parliament in Baghdad, set up sit-in

BAGHDAD ((DailyNews)) — Thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric stormed into Iraq’s parliament on Saturday, for the second time this week, protesting...

Followers of cleric enter Iraqi parliament in show of force

BAGHDAD ((DailyNews)) — Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad’s parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by...

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