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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Factbox-Who has run Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was designed to pave the way for a thriving democracy but the mostly...
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...