This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Iraq’s political turmoil on August 29.
This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Iraq’s political turmoil on August 29.
- Powerful Iraqi leader Muqtada al-Sadr is going on a hunger strike until “violence and the use of weapons” ends, according to an allied legislator.
- The move came after deadly violence erupted in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, amid protests by al-Sadr’s followers. At least 30 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded, according to a medical source.
- The protests were triggered by al-Sadr’s announcement earlier that he is quitting political life for good and closing his political offices.
- Gunfire rang out in the Green Zone of Baghdad after al-Sadr followers converged there and stormed the government palace.
- Tensions have soared in Iraq amid a political crisis that has left the country without a new government for 10 months.