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Fighters from the Saraya Salam (Peace Brigades) loyal to influential Shia Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr deploy in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2022.

Instability in Iraq has created a ‘culture of fear,’ experts say

This week, the announcement of the resignation of a powerful cleric in Iraq sparked deadly clashes in the capital, Baghdad. On Monday, Moqtada al-Sadr said he is stepping away from politics. In response, his supporters stormed the Green Zone. 

Iraqi Security forces close the heavily fortified Green Zone as they tightened security measures hours after the assassination attempt on the prime minister in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. 

Drone attack on Iraq’s prime minister raises concerns of more violence

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Iraq-U.S. security deal

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Iraqi cleric against pact

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Negotiating a new Iraq security agreement

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Sadr city residents told to evacuate

The Iraqi government is calling on civilians to evacuate parts of the Sadr City slum in Baghdad

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Basra fighting

Host Lisa Mullins gets the latest on fighting in the Sadr City area in Baghdad from the BBC’s Clive Myrie, as Shiite militias took advantage of a sandstorm that hit the capital yesterday to step-up their attacks.

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Iraqi army operation in Basra

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with British military spokesman Major Tom Holloway about the recent Iraqi government operation to take control of Basra.

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Iraqi cleric’s aide slain

A key aide to Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr was gunned down today in Najaf, and Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from Steve Farrell of the New York Times in Baghdad.

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Moqtada al-Sadr’s growing clout

Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr postponed a massive anti-US demonstration he’d been planning today in Baghdad which timed to mark the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, and The World’s Katy Clark reports on Sadr’s growing influence in Iraq.