Iraq29-06-2026Sadr backs Iraq's anti-corruption crackdown, urges supporters to rally FridayInfluential Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday voiced support for Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s anti-corruption crackdown, describing it as a “heroic reformist campaign,” and called on his supporters to take to the streets on Friday in backing the initiative.
Iraq29-06-2026Sadr backs Iraq's anti-corruption crackdown, urges supporters to rally FridayInfluential Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday voiced support for Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s anti-corruption crackdown, describing it as a “heroic reformist campaign,” and called on his supporters to take to the streets on Friday in backing the initiative.
![Iraq gives armed groups until late September to surrender weapons “The end of next September will be the final date for handing over weapons,” government spokesperson Haider al-Aboudi said in a press conference. “At the same time, the [US-led] international coalition will withdraw.”](https://assets.thenewregion.com/posts/hd/1597487903.webp)
