A powerful Shiite cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, is playing a leading role in negotiations to name a new Iraqi leader.
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Iraqi Antigovernment Protests Grow, Part Battle Lines and Carnival
The protests veered quickly from boisterous street party to treatment at a makeshift medical station, as Iraqi forces tried to bar demonstrators from Baghdad’s Green Zone.
Angered at Trump’s Visit, Some Iraqi Lawmakers Want U.S. Troops Out
A range of Iraqi politicians criticized President Trump over his surprise visit as an affront. The most strident critics were affiliated with Moktada al-Sadr, a nationalist Shiite cleric.