President Joe Biden, right, speaks as Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, left, listens during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 26, 2021. (Photo: Susan Walsh/AP)
Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gather outside the Government Headquarters in the capital Baghdad's Green Zone, August 29, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (right) sitting next to Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein Marrakesh, Kingdom of Morocco, May 11, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Foreign Ministry)
Armed members of Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigade), the military wing affiliated with Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, are pictured during clashes with Iraqi security forces in Baghdad's Green Zone on August 30, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AF
Iraqi security armoured vehicles are pictured during clashes with Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigade), the military wing affiliated with Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, in Baghdad's Green Zone, August 30, 2022. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)