Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr broke into Baghdad's Green Zone for the second time in three weeks on Friday. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaking in a late-night televised speech, condemned the breach of Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone by protesters.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on Iraq's parliament to convene an emergency meeting to seek a way out of the current political standstill that has almost crippled the country.
Supporters of Iraq's powerful Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stage a sit-in outside the walls of Baghdad's fortified Green Zone to press the government to see through a move to stem endemic corruption, according to Reuters.
Iraqi forces regain control of Abu Ghraib after ISIS launched an assault on police and army positions in the area over the weekend.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi meets with influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the city of Najaf south of the capital Baghdad on November 7, 2015 , AFP reports.
Thousands of people took to the streets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, protesting against corruption and poor city services across the country, Press TV reports.
Prominent Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr has insisted during a surprise visit to Baghdad by US Secretary of State John Kerry that Iraq should not cooperate with "occupiers."
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has made a surprise visit to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad to urge authorities of the embattled country to unite in the face of a “mortal threat” from the foreign-sponsored ISIL terrorists.
Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has issued a stern warning to the ringleader of al-Qaeda against the terrorist group’s further intervention in Syria.