At least 30 have been confirmed killed in Iraq as violent protests continue over Shiite infighting amid its worst political crisis since 2003.
Iraqi security forces fire tear gas on the followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr inside the government Palace, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.
The violent protesting stems from 10-months of political unrest after al-Sadr’s party won the largest share of parliamentary seats in the October 2021 election, but failed to secure the government majority. The result has pushed Baghdad’s politics into a scene of fractional paralysis and infighting between Shiite political leaders.
Al-Sadr – who is supported by Iraqi nationalists and some of nation’s poorest that were oppressed under the Hussein regime – refused for months to negotiate terms with his Iran-backed Shiite rivals.
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