Iran-backed parties strengthened after Sadrists exit Iraq parliament
The bloc of 73 Sadrist parliamentarians resigned two weeks ago after months of stalemate over forming a new government.
SUPPORTERS OF Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr shout slogans during a celebration after Iraq’s parliament passed a law criminalizing normalizing relations with Israel, in Baghdad last month.(photo credit: THAIER AL-SUDANI/REUTERS)ByREUTERS
