Prominent Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Sunday urged his followers to help security forces clear protest camps and roads blocked since the onset of mass demonstrations last year, calling for a return to normality after the contentious designation of a new prime minister. President Barham Saleh on Saturday named former Communications Minister Mohammad Allawi prime minister, but furious protesters have rejected the designation, which they say was directed by the ...
![Iraqi security forces stand at the site of a bomb attack. [presstv.ir]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/340807_Iraq-attack.jpg?itok=b9cAVWBJ "Iraqi security forces stand at the site of a bomb attack. [presstv.ir]")
![The traditions of Ashura, a holy day Shi'ite Muslims will observe Sunday, started in the Middle East and spread to Iran and South Asia, where they have been practiced for centuries. [atlasshrugs]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iraq/ashura.jpg?itok=twpgvhlW "The traditions of Ashura, a holy day Shi'ite Muslims will observe Sunday, started in the Middle East and spread to Iran and South Asia, where they have been practiced for centuries. [atlasshrugs]")
