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- Powerful Iraqi leader Muqtada al-Sadr is going on a hunger strike until “violence and the use of weapons” ends, according to an allied legislator.
- The move came after deadly violence erupted in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, amid protests by al-Sadr’s followers. At least 30 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded, according to a medical source.
- The protests were triggered by al-Sadr’s announcement earlier that he is quitting political life for good and closing his political offices.
- Gunfire rang out in the Green Zone of Baghdad after al-Sadr followers converged there and stormed the government palace.
- Tensions have soared in Iraq amid a political crisis that has left the country without a new government for 10 months.
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Residents of Baghdad woke up to the sounds of intermittent gunfire and explosions after a night of violence in the Iraqi capital, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent in the city.
Iraqi security forces have now forced out al-Sadr supporters from the Republican Palace, where the prime minister’s office is located, as well as the surrounding areas.
A source also told Al Jazeera Arabic that negotiations are taking place between government officials, and leaders from the Sadrists and their opponents, the Coordination Framework Alliance.
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