Green Zone

Issued on: 13/10/2022 - 18:28 Despite a rocket attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, Iraqi lawmakers Thursday elected a new president in hopes of ending a year of political…

BAGHDAD: Iran closed its land borders to Iraq as flights to the country halted on Tuesday amid violence in Baghdad following an influential Shiite cleric's announcement he would resign from politics. The death toll rose to 22 Iraqis on…

BAGHDAD: Several hundred supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadrlaunched a sit-in outside Iraq's top judicial body on Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions in a showdown with a rival Shiite alliance. Caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi…

Issued on: 01/08/2022 - 22:51 Thousands of demonstrators opposed to Iraq's powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr staged a protest on Monday at the edge of Baghdad's fortified…

BAGHDAD: With mattresses strewn about, food trucked in and protesters playacting as lawmakers, hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric were camped out Sunday inside the Iraqi parliamentafter toppling security walls around the…

BAGHDAD: Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad's parliament Wednesday, chanting curses against Iran, in a protest against the selection of a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties. Many protesters were followers of an…

Issued on: 27/07/2022 - 19:36 Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday stormed parliament after penetrating the capital's high-security government Green…