Iraqi supporters of the influential Shia cleric-turned-political leader Muqtada al-Sadr have left Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone following a day of extreme violence in which thirty ...

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Iran knows that populist leaders such as Muqtada al-Sadr have said Iraq should not be sending forces to Syria. “After Gaza, they came to Lebanon and then to Syria, and in my opinion, this will ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Iraq's Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced he would quit politics, and his supporters stormed government buildings in protest. More from News Iraq's Shiite ...