Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gather inside the parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, as they continue their sit-in to protest a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister on August 2 (Photo: Sabah Arar
French President Emmanuel Macron steps down from his plane at Baghdad International Airport to begin his Iraq tour, Sept. 2, 2020. (Photo: Gonzalo Fuentes/AFP)
Iraqi riot police protect the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad on Feb. 18, 2021, after calls on social media to gather there to protest Turkey's vows to invade the northwestern enclave of Sinjar (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr take part in a mourning ritual amid the Shiite Muslim Ashura commemoration period as they occupy Iraq's parliament (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP).
Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr celebrate after bringing down concrete barriers leading to the capital Baghdad's Green Zone, July 30, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr use chains to bring down concrete barriers along the Al-Jumhuriya (Republic) bridge that leads to the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, July 30, 2022. (Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP)