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The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council suspended its work hours after Sadrist movement supporters expanded to the Judicial Council building the sit-in they started two weeks ago in front of the parliament building in Green Zone in Baghdad. Most…

Emergency workers in central Iraq are racing to rescue people from a Shia shrine that collapsed. Four bodies have been found, while six survivors have been pulled from the rubble so far. Several others are believed to be…

Political crisis is still looming over Iraq, as Coordination Framework leaders, supporting formation of a consensus government headed by Muhammad Shia al-Sudani, search for alternative solutions to obtain the approval of Sadrist movement;…

Ordinary Iraqis are increasingly anxious over the continued sit-in and political standoff at the parliament building in Baghdad. Baghdad resident Abu Seif Al-Salawi told A24 that the Iraqi people are victims of their politicians' stalemate…

The leader of the Sadrist movement in Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced, on Tuesday, the postponement of their demonstration, which was scheduled for next Saturday, "until further notice." This announcement came at a time when the political…

A group of Tishreen movement activists held a conference in Iraqi capital Baghdad titled "Iraqi Protest Movement", during which they declared adherence to implementing their demands of forming a government of national salvation, changing…

Thousands of Sadrist movement supporters, civil society and professional associations launched today, Friday, afternoon a mass protest in front of Iraqi parliament in central Baghdad, to demand dissolution of parliament, and holding early…

Thousands of protesters answered the call to join partisan Friday prayers today despite temperatures exceeding 42 degrees Celsius in Baghdad. In a repeat show of force, they marched towards Baghdad's Green Zone square, raising the national…

For the second time this week, supporters of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr stormed Iraq's parliament to protest the nomination of Mohammed Shia Al Sudani as the country's next prime minister. Al Sadr's activists entered the Green…

Rising temperatures and frequent power cuts in central and southern Iraq have led to the revival of tourism in Kurdistan region in northern Iraq. Dokan tourist resort in Sulaymaniyah governorate is attracting a large turnout of Iraqi and…