According to Sky News Arabia, Muqtada al-Sadr, the head of the Sadrist movement in Iraq, declared today, Thursday, that all armed factions in the country, with the exception of Salah al-Din, would be put on hold to prevent sedition.
Twenty individuals lost their lives in the skirmishes that followed efforts to breach a security checkpoint leading to the Green Zone in the capital city of Baghdad, while 200 others were hurt, including several Iraqi security officials.
According to media reports, the protesters held up signs demanding for the political establishment in Iraq to be overthrown.
enter the parliament
In the Green Zone of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, hundreds of Muqtada al-Sadr supporters stormed the parliament to demonstrate against the “coordinating framework” candidate for prime minister.
political difficulties
Massive security and political obstacles, including sectarian quotas used to intimidate voters of various nationalities and sects, are besieging Iraq in the midst of a spate of murders and mass exodus.
Additionally, media sites released images showing Nuri al-Maliki, the former prime minister of Iraq, carrying a firearm close to his residence in the Green Zone of central Baghdad.
protective squad
Al-Maliki surrounded him with a protective force carrying firearms after learning that Muqtada al-supporters Sadr’s attempted to enter his home.
Muqtada al-Sadr: To prevent sedition, all armed factions should be put on hold outside of Salah al-Din.
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