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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...
Nuri al-Maliki Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoHere’s a look at the life of Iraq’s former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Personal Birth date: July 1, 1950 Birth place: Hindiya, Iraq (some sources say...
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 storm parliament in Baghdad, set up sit-in
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric stormed into Iraq's parliament on Saturday,...
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...
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 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...
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...
Iraqi cleric shows power as thousands attend mass prayer
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTens of thousands of Iraqis attended a mass prayer in a Baghdad suburb on Friday called for by an...
Iraqi parliament approves new Cabinet in long-awaited vote
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIraq's parliament gave its vote of confidence to a new Cabinet on Thursday, breaking a yearlong...
