Clashes kill 10 as Iraq's Sadr quits politics, loyalists storm complexClashes kill 10 as Iraq's Sadr quits politics, loyalists storm complex

Shafaq News / Heavy clashes erupted in Baghdad, killing at least 10 people on Monday, after powerful Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said he would quit politics, prompting his loyalists to storm a government palace and fight with rival groups.

As night fell, machine-gun fire and explosions rang out, with tracer fire rising into the sky above the

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Sadrist figure: to defuse the crisis, CF leaders shall follow al-Sadr steps and retireSadrist figure: to defuse the crisis, CF leaders shall follow al-Sadr steps and retire

Shafaq News/ A Shiite cleric close to the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, suggested that the retirement of the Coordination Framework's (CF) leaders might be the key defusing the ongoing political crisis in Iraq.

"Leader Muqtada is a role model of de-escalation," Sheikh Abdul-Halim al-Fatlawi tweeted, "since the election, the

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Arab League calls on Iraq parties toArab League calls on Iraq parties to

Shafaq News / The Arab League called, on Monday, on the Iraqi parties to give priority to national interests.

Jamal Rushdi, the spokesman for the Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said in a statement that the latter, "is following with more concern the successive and dangerous developments on the Iraqi arena, and that he calls

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Mortar shells land near JOC headquarters in the Green Zone Mortar shells land near JOC headquarters in the Green Zone 

Shafaq News / Mortar shells landed near one of the Joint Operations Command's headquarters in the Green Zone, Baghdad, a security source reported. 

No further details were disclosed. 

Several explosions were heard in the Green Zone, Baghdad.

A security source told Shafaq News agency that the sound is most likely caused by the RPG projectiles used in

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Shafaq News / Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesman for the secretary general of the United Nations, António Guterres, said that he was alarmed by the recent developments in Iraq. 

Dujarric said in a statement, "The Secretary-General has been following with concern the ongoing protests in Iraq today, during which demonstrators entered government

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Leader Barzani urges Iraqi parties to exercise self-restraint Leader Barzani urges Iraqi parties to exercise self-restraint 

Shafaq News / The Kurdish leader, Masoud Barzani, called on Iraqi political parties to exercise self-restraint following the recent developments in the country. 

Barzani said in a tweet, "We are following with concern the recent events and developments in Iraq."

The Kurdish leader urged all parties to, "feel a sense of responsibility, exercise

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