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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...
Explainer-Iraq's competing Shi'ite armed factions and parties
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) - A visit by the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force to Baghdad has led to a...
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 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...
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,...
Opinion: Get US troops out of harm’s way, now
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoEditor’s Note: Daniel R. DePetris is a fellow at Defense Priorities and a syndicated foreign affairs columnist at the Chicago Tribune. His work can be...
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...
On This Day, April 22: World leaders sign Paris Agreement on climate change
United Press International via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSecretary of State John Kerry kisses his granddaughter, Isabelle Dobbs Higginson, after he signs the...