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Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr delivers a sermon to worshippers during Friday prayers at the Kufa mosque near Najaf, Iraq September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
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Followers of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr leave the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo
Iraq: Protesters Demand New Electoral Law
Baghdad – Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets in the Green Zone Baghdad, calling for changes in the Iraqi electoral law and establishing an Independent High Electoral Commission. The Sadrist Movement called for the demonstration that took place within...Caption:
People shout slogans during a demonstration against corruption and poor services in regard to power cuts and water shortages, at Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, August 7, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmad Mousa
Thousands of Iraqis Defy Security Forces, Demand Combating Corruption
Baghdad-Amid high temperature reaching 47 degrees Celsius, thousands of protestors accompanied by Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Tahrir Square. Sadr did not deliver the speech himself despite his presence among the protestors. Protestors called on an end...Caption:
Opinion: Is Iraq Collapsing?
It is hard to believe that there are features of a revolution in Iraq against corruption, nepotism and the sectarian quota system. It is also difficult to believe that what is happening is a reformist movement, even if the occupiers of parliament and the Green Zone in...Caption:
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi arrives to attend a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the end of a meeting at Chigi Palace in Rome, Italy Feb. 10, 2016. REUTERS/Tony Gentile