Fighting in Iraqi capital leaves 23 dead after Sadr quits politics ...Middle East

BAGHDAD: Fighting between rival Iraqi forces raged for a second day Tuesday with rocket fire echoing from Baghdad’s Green Zone where 23 supporters of powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr have been shot dead, medics said.Tensions have soared in Iraq amid a political crisis that has left the country without a new government, prime minister or president for months, and escalated sharply after Sadr’s supporters on Monday afternoon stormed the government palace following their leader’s announcement that he was quitting politics.The violence pitches backers of Sadr against rival Shiite factions backed by neighbouring Iran.Overnight, shelling targeted the high-security Green Zone that houses governm

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