BAGHDAD: Iraqi firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr called on the government to resign as violence spiked Friday across the country and protesters clashed with police on the fourth day of deadly demonstrations against corruption and unemployment. The former militia leader, whose bloc is the biggest in parliament, said in a statement that in order to avoid further deaths “the government should …
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October 5, 2019