BAGHDAD: Iraqi firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr’s movement on Saturday announced its refusal to join a new government being formed by prime minister-designate Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani.“We stress our firm and clear refusal for any of our affiliates to participate. in this government formation led by the current candidate,” Mohammed Saleh Al-Iraqi, a close associate of Sadr’s,
Lawmakers on Thursday (October 13) elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as Iraq's new president, who then named Mohammad Shia al-Sudani as prime minister-designate.
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While millions of Iraqis and many observers were waiting for a statement from the religious authority in Najaf about the Shiite-Shiite fights in Iraq between gunmen loyal to the Sadrist movement and their counterparts affiliated with the Coordination Framework Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani was quietly seeking to stop the violence and clear the Green Zone and the rest of
Baghdad, Aug 31 (EFE).- The Sadrist movement led by influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday blamed an Iran-allied Iraqi political bloc for recent violent clashes that left 35 people dead. In a statement, Saleh al-Iraqi, the spokesman for the Sadrists, told Iran to “rein in its camel” in Iraq, in reference to the Coordination …