Iraq - TheIndianSubcontinent

UNAMI, Coordination Framework leaders welcome al-Sadr's declaration

Shafaq News/ Iraqi and international figures and bodies commended the powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's decision to ease the tension in Iraq after instructing his followers to withdraw from Baghdad's Green Zone.

"Thank you Muqtada al-Sadr," Iraq's parliament speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi tweeted, "your decision is in the size of Iraq. It

Details: Category: Iraq; Published: 31 August 2022

Write comment (90 Comments)

Al-Fatah coalition praises al-Sadr recent statements

Shafaq News / Al-Fatah coalition commended on Tuesday the recent statements of the powerful Shiite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, in which he called on his supporters to withdraw from the Green Zone.

MP Mukhtar al-Moussawi told Shafaq News agency that al-Sadr's statement thwarted foreign attempts to ignite strife in the country.

He called on the

Details: Category: Iraq; Published: 31 August 2022

Write comment (95 Comments)

Shafaq News / The Joint Operations Command (JOC) decided Today, Tuesday, to lift the curfew in Baghdad and the provinces.

A statement by the Security Media Cell said that JOC decided to lift the curfew in Baghdad and all other governorates.

Details: Category: Iraq; Published: 31 August 2022

Write comment (94 Comments)

Live stream from inside the Green Zone

Category: Iraq News

Date: 2022-08-30T10:43:39+0000

For holding Baghdad Conference, Iraq's security forces closed all the entrances of Green Zone

Date: 2021-08-28 09:30:01

A new attack on the green zone

Date: 2020-08-27 21:18:45

Two rockets target Baghdad's Green Zone

Date: 2021-12-19 06:13:56

sirens heard in

Details: Category: Iraq; Published: 31 August 2022

Write comment (92 Comments)

Al-Sadr gives his supporters one hour ultimatum to leave the Green Zone

Shafaq News/ The influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on his supporters to withdraw from Iraq's parliament during a news conference in his headquarters in Najaf's al-Hannana.

Al-Sadr instructed his supporters to withdraw within the next 60 minutes, adding that not even a sit-in or peaceful demonstration would be allowed.

Al-Sadr

Details: Category: Iraq; Published: 31 August 2022

Write comment (96 Comments)

Senior Iraqi officer injured in the Green Zone clashes

Shafaq News / A senior officer in the Iraqi army was injured in the ongoing clashes in the Green Zone, Baghdad, a security source reported.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that the Brigadier General in the 9th army Division was shot in the hand, noting that he received the appropriate medical care and his situation is currently stable.