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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...
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...
Clashes erupt after Iraqi Shiite cleric resigns, 15 dead
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn influential Shiite cleric announced Monday that he would resign from Iraqi politics, prompting...
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...
Timeline of events: 20 years since U.S.-led invasion of Iraq
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBAGHDAD (AP) — It’s been 20 years since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began. Here are some key dates...
Iraqi cleric calls for dissolution of parliament, early vote
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoInfluential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told followers Wednesday to continue their sit-in inside...
Iraqi parliament approves new Cabinet in long-awaited vote
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIraq's parliament gave its vote of confidence to a new Cabinet on Thursday, breaking a yearlong...
Iraqi MPs elect new president amid threat of rocket fire
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIraqi lawmakers on Thursday elected former minister Abdul Latif Rashid as the country's next...
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...