Sadr withdrawal from Iraqi parliament challenges Shiite rivals - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Al-Monitor Staff

Jun 13, 2022

Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr delivers a speech in the central Iraqi city of Najaf on June 3, 2022. — Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr delivers a speech in the central Iraqi city of Najaf on June 3, 2022. — QASSEM AL-KAABI/AFP via Getty Images

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