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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 367

Iraqi parliament

A protester holds a poster depicting Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on a bridge leading towards the Green Zone area in Baghdad, Iraq, July 30, 2022. (AP/Anmar Khalil)
July 30, 2022, 4:36 pm
Protesters break into Iraq’s parliament again to prevent Iran-backed government
Followers of powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr vow to occupy building as they persist in their efforts to prevent formation of coalition supported by Tehran
By Agencies
Iraqi protesters demonstrate inside the country's parliament in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July. 27, 2022. (AP/Ali Jabar)
July 27, 2022, 9:42 pm
Protesters break into Iraqi parliament, chant curses against Iran
Demonstrators rally against nominee for prime minister selected by Iran-backed parties; crowds also force their way into fortified Green Zone, where foreign embassies located
By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi meets with Basra provincial Council members in Basra, Iraq, September 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
July 16, 2022, 3:23 am
US and Israel want to unite Middle East against Iran, but Iraq could pose a problem
The country that is central to American plans for the region has just formally outlawed normalization with Israel — and made it punishable by death
By Ron Kampeas
Populist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, speaks during a mews conference in Najaf, Iraq, November 18, 2021. (Anmar Khalil/AP)
June 12, 2022, 11:33 pm
73 lawmakers from Iraq’s biggest bloc resign, plunging country into uncertainty
Parliament members under powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr quit during post-election deadlock, raising fears that chaos could follow
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Anti-government protesters dance in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, December 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
December 23, 2019, 3:49 pm
Iraq crisis deepens as politicians miss deadline to name PM
Political deadlock continues amid 3 months of protests and deadly police crackdowns, with demonstrators railing against corruption and Iranian influence
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi speaks during a funeral ceremony in Baghdad, on October 23, 2019. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)
December 1, 2019, 10:40 pm
Iraq’s PM Adel Abdel Mahdi, consensus leader, brought down by street fury
The 77-year-old veteran politician was seen as a unifying figure among Iraq’s divided factions and international allies, but popular rage at endemic graft doomed his government
By AFP
An Iraqi protester waves the national flag during a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services, and unemployment, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on October 5, 2019. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)
October 6, 2019, 2:56 pm
Iraqi PM pledges reforms to calm angry, deadly protests
As death toll nears 100, demonstrators demand reforms to battle corruption and soaring unemployment
By AFP
Qais al-Khazali, the leader of the militant Shiite group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
January 28, 2019, 8:23 pm
Iraqi Shiite militia leader wants US troops to leave his country
Qais al-Khazali, now a lawmaker, says Baghdad parliament will soon vote to call for withdrawal of American forces
By AP
Reporter Ziv Genesove speaks to residents of Dohuk, in Iraqi Kurdistan, on election day, May 12, 2018. (Ziv Genesove/ Times of Israel)
May 14, 2018, 2:53 am
As they vote in Iraqi elections, Kurds say they feel abandoned by Israel
On the streets of Iraqi Kurdistan on election day, an Israeli journalist speaks to locals about their relationship with the Jewish state
By Ziv Genesove
Illustrative: An Iraqi woman walks with her daughter in Baghdad on March 18, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
November 23, 2017, 8:55 am
Iraqi bill scrapping minimum age for marriage stirs outrage
Proposed legislation ‘is worthy of the Islamic State’ and ‘provides legal cover to the rape of children,’ says one critic
By Salam Faraj
Iraq's Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani (L) receives Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on September 9, 2017, in Irbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. (AFP/Safin Hamed)
September 12, 2017, 7:34 pm
Iraqi parliament rejects ‘unconstitutional’ Kurdish referendum
In Kirkuk, Iraqi Kurdish leader defends independence vote on September 25, says it’s ‘entirely legal’
By Balint Szlanko and MUHANAD AL-SALEH
Fighters of the Popular Mobilization Forces stand at the front line against Islamic State militants outside Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
November 27, 2016, 3:56 am
Iraq’s parliament adopts law legalizing Shiite militias
Measure granting official sanction to sectarian forces slammed by Sunni leaders as antithetical to inclusive nation-building
By Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Delegates gathering inside the Baghdad Convention Center, where the Council of Representatives of Iraq, the country's unicameral parliament, meets. (Wikipedia/James (Jim) Gordon/CC BY 2.0)
October 23, 2016, 1:48 am
In surprise vote, Iraqi parliament bans alcohol from the country
Last-minute addition to a draft law on municipalities seeks to impose Muslim religious law on religious minorities
By AFP
Iraqis walk through Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on February 05, 2015. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered an end to a years-old nightly curfew in Iraqi capital in a bid to ease restrictions on daily life despite persistent violence, officials said. (photo credit: AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
August 8, 2016, 9:31 am
Iraq’s widely reviled parliament mired in turmoil
Corruption and self-serving interests in a key element of government are hindering efforts to deal with jihadist threats
By W.G. Dunlop
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