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Halbousi says talks started on forming new government in Baghdad
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi said negotiations for the formation of the new Iraqi government have begun.
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Clashes rock Baghdad's Green Zone as Iraqi parliament re-elects speaker
As Iraqi lawmakers met on Wednesday in Baghdad's Green Zone to vote on the recent resignation of parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi, clashes broke out between supporters of Iraqi populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and security forces.
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Coordination Framework renews readiness to go to early polls
Coordination Framework renewed its readiness to go to early elections in Iraq meanwhile calling on the Kurdish parties to resolve their candidate for the presidency, the state news agency reported.
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Iraqi parliament to vote for resignation of Speaker al-Halbousi
The Speaker of the Iraqi parliament Monday has submitted his resignation paper to the legislative chamber amid a political deadlock prolonged for nearly a year, according to the state news agency.
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Parties expect Sadrist have reached agreement – source
The Head of Nouri al-Maliki’s office on Monday in an exclusive statement told Esta Media Network that the Iraqi parties except the Sadrist movement have reached agreement to hold the parliament session on Tuesday.
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Coordination Framework agrees to hold early elections to ‘satisfy’ Sadrists
The Secretary-General of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq movement said that all rival forces of Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shiite coordination framework agreed to hold early elections.
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Iraq is going through one of most difficult crises after 2003: PM Kadhimi
The Iraqi Prime Minister said on Saturday, September 17, that the country is going through “one of the most difficult crises after 2003,” but still hoping to find solutions.
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Cooperation Framework to hold a meeting at leaders level on Tuesday
A member of the al-Fath Coalition said the framework is going to hold a meeting at the level of its leaders on Tuesday, September 20.
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Halbousi seeks for deal between Erbil and Baghdad
Iraq Parliamentary speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi sought for agreement between Erbil and Baghdad, a statement released by the Speaker’s media office on Sunday said.
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Muqtada al-Sadr announces permanent retirement from political life
Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced permanent retirement from political life, according to a statement on Monday.
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Coordination Framework denounces “assault” on Iraq’s top judicial authority
Iraq's Coordination Framework denounced the “Sadrist assault” on the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council building, in a statement, asking for a call out from the international community on Tuesday and setting conditions to negotiate with Sadr.
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Amiri proposes new initiative to Sadr over premiership nominee
Head of the al-Fateh alliance Hadi al-Amiri proposed a new initiative to form the new Iraqi government to Muqtada al-Sadr, showing the Shiite Coordination Framework’s commitment to change its nominee for the premiership.
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Iraq's Sadr backtracks on call for huge protest
Iraq's firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr backtracked Tuesday after earlier urging his supporters to join a massive rally as a standoff with his political rivals appeared to be getting worse.
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Iraqi rival parties can't agree on path to new elections
The political crisis resulting from the conflict between Iraq's two main Shiite groups, the Sadrists and the Coordination Framework, is becoming more complicated with fewer options for a solution.
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Nouri al-Maliki says early election cannot take place before parliament resumes its sessions
Iraq’s former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said concerning calls for holding an early election on Monday that no election takes place unless the parliament resumes its sessions.
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Muqtada al-Sadr uses street pressure to set political conditions for his rivals / Shelly Kittleson
Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr vowed that new elections would be held as his followers flocked to a mass prayer in the occupied parts of Baghdad’s Green Zone after 10 months of political deadlock.
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Iraqi Kurds and Sunnis fear intra-Shiite conflict could spiral to other communities / Mustafa Saadoun
Sunnis and Kurds in Iraq are wary that if unresolved, the fighting among Shiite factions could spill over into their regions.
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Muqtada Sadr insists no dissolving parliament
The leader of the Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, said on Saturday, August 6, his demands to dissolve the Iraqi parliament and for early elections has become the public demand with broad support.
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U.N. envoy to Iraq met Muqtada al-Sadr
United Nations special envoy to Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert met Shia Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Thursday, the Iraqi news agency reported.
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Coordination Framework supports Sadr’s call to hold early election
The Shiite coordination framework on Thursday said it supports Sadr’s call to hold another early election but by conditions.
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Muqtada Sadr calls for dissolution of parliament
Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said on Wednesday, August 3, dialogue with the Coordination Framework is useless and stated the Sadrist Movement is demanding early elections as well as the dissolution of the Iraqi parliament.
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Coordination Framework asks Ayatollah Sistani to intervene amid Sadr’s protests
The Coordination Framework has asked the leading spiritual authority in Iraq, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, to intervene in the protests triggered by prominent Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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Sadr says Maliki should surrender to court
The leader of the Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr said on Monday, July 18, the head of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki should give up politics and surrender to the court.
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Sadrist Movement MPs deliver their resignations to Iraq Parliament Speaker
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi accepted the letters of resignation from all 73 MPs from the Sadrist Movement on Sunday, June 12, days after the leader of the bloc, Muqtada al-Sadr, requested the ministers to prepare to resign.
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Sadr accuses supreme court of backing those who disrupt parliament
The leader of the Sadrist Movement, Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, rebuked the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court on Monday, May 16, accusing it of aiding those who disrupt the Iraqi parliament.
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Sadrist bloc becomes opposition for a month
The leader of the Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, said on Sunday, May 15, his party has no choice but to temporarily join the opposition for at least 30 days.
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Years after IS defeat, northern Iraq struggles to rebuild
In Iraq, "maku" means "nothing", and father-of-five Issa al-Zamzoum says "maku" a lot: no electricity, no home, no rebuilding and no job.
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Muqtada Sadr asks independent MPs to form government
The leader of the Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, called on independent members of parliament on Wednesday to form a new coalition of at least 40 members apart from the Coordination Framework and for this bloc to contact the Saving the Homeland alliance in less than 15 days to form the new government as soon as possible.
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Fatah Alliance refutes Barzani’s proposal to ease deadlock in Baghdad
The Fatah Alliance has refused a solution to the political deadlock in Baghdad proposed by the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Masoud Barzani.
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MP says forming an Iraqi government with largest bloc is still on table
A Coordination Framework MP has said forming the Iraqi government by the largest parliamentary bloc is the way forward as the Shiite House will need to agree amongst themselves, something so far rejected by the election winner Sadr movement.