elections in Iraq
Muqtada al-Sadr demands dissolution of Iraqi parliament, fresh elections
In a speech on August 3, Sadr asked his supporters to continue their sit-in inside the Iraqi parliament building and rejected calls for dialogue issued by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi
Sadrist MPs resign from Iraqi parliament after failing to form majority
Muqtada al-Sadr announced the dissolution of his Saving the Homeland coalition with the Sovereign Alliance (al-Siyada) and the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP)
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