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EXPLAINER: What's behind the storming of Iraq's parliament?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe followers of the influential populist Shiite cleric came by the thousands to storm Iraq's...
Will Iraq be the next Afghanistan?
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoViolent clashes between rival factions within Iraq's majority Shiite Muslim community left 23 people dead and hundreds more wounded this week. The mayhem...
Deadlock gives Iraq record run without government, hampering reforms
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraq marked its longest post-election deadlock on Wednesday as infighting among...
Iraqi protesters breach parliament building in Baghdad
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA protester displays a poster depicting Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr on a bridge leading toward the...
Threat of protests, violent escalation stirs fears in Iraq
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThousands gathered in Baghdad on Monday for a counter-rally called by Iran-backed groups against...
Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush has one regret
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo decades after the U.S. led the invasion of Iraq, one of the most memorable moments for many in...
Former Iraqi activists dismayed as powerful groups use protest tactics
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIraqi activists who demonstrated three years ago against powerful parties and militias that run the...
Thousands of anti-Sadr demonstrators protest Iraq parliament sit-in
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Thousands of demonstrators opposed to Iraq's powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr...
Followers of cleric enter Iraqi parliament in show of force
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad’s parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a...
Explainer: What's driving the power struggle in Iraq?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA power struggle in Iraq between the influential Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr and Iran-backed Shi'ite...