Turnout plummets for Iraqi parliamentary election
Movement led by Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr expected to be parliament’s biggest faction
Movement led by Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr expected to be parliament’s biggest faction
US says it carried out strikes against Iranian-backed militia blamed for killing soldiers
Iraqi militia leaders on high alert, as US recalls citizens from Baghdad
Almost 400 killed by Iraqi security forces and unknown gunmen since protests began last month
Government buildings and political party offices attacked as unrest grows across south
Iraqis vote in first election since defeat of Islamic State militants inside the country
Iraqi and Kurdish forces say they have taken 20 villages near Mosul as assault advances
Live ammunition, tear gas used to dislodge demonstrators from area near government buildings
Shia cleric’s supporters storm heavily fortified area to protest delays in reforms
Two suicide car bombs in Iraq claimed by Islamic State kill 32 people and wound 75
Hundreds of people protest at failure of Iraqi MPs to convene to approve new ministers
Haider al-Abadi issues order to security forces in an apparent bid to improve daily life for ordinary Iraqis as the country braces for fresh protests
Islamic State holding about half of Saddam Hussein’s home city
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