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2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis
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Since October 2021, there has been a political crisis in Iraq, with members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq being unable to form a stable coalition government, or elect a new President.[1]
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Violent clashes in Baghdad after the 2021 parliamentary election and the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi began the crisis.[2] On 18 November Muqtada al-Sadr said he would like to form a majority government.[3]
On 27 July, supporters of al-Sadr stormed the Green Zone and the Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad.[4]