Buildings stormed after Moqtada al-Sadr retires from Iraqi politics

One of Iraq's most powerful figures, Moqtada al-Sadr, who has been at the centre of a long crisis over forming a government, says he is retiring from political life. Several people were reported killed in clashes when his supporters stormed the presidential palace after the announcement.

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(Picture: Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in 2015. Picture credit: Getty Images)