The Iraqi cleric's gamble to sideline in Iran-backed factions in new government

The movement led by Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr already re-elected a parliamentary speaker opposed by the Iran-aligned camp, and could leave them in Iraq's opposition for the first time in the post-Saddam era

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