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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sravasti Dasgupta

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Baghdad clashes 15 dead as protesters storm iraqi palace after muqtada al sadr resigns - What They Never Told You

EPA

Calm was slowly restoring to the streets of Baghdad on Tuesday after armed supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, began to withdraw from the streets.

Following two days of deadly unrest that sparked fears instability might spread throughout the country and even the region, al-Sadr, told his supporters to leave the government quarter where they had rallied.

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