The unrest broke out Monday, when al-Sadr announced he would resign from politics and his supporters stormed the Green Zone, once the stronghold of the U.S. military that's now home to Iraqi government offices and foreign embassies.
Iraqi cleric calls on loyalists to withdraw after clashes
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I therefore announce now my definitive retirement,” he said in his announcement, according to English-language media translations.
Chaos and deadly clashes in Baghdad as cleric al-Sadr leaves Iraqi politics
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