Atlantic Council experts react to the news of Muqtada al-Sadr’s resignation and offer their thoughts on how the international community will deal with the conflict moving forward.
In recent years, even established democracies have proven vulnerable under stress. In Iraq, despite the nascent system’s imperfections, it has served as political glue to the country’s disparate sectarian branches.
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Unable to form a government 10 months after elections, Iraq has been roiled by the street protests of the nationalist cleric Moktada al-Sadr, who withdrew from the government but again seeks to influence it.