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Iraqi PM Abadi and cleric Sadr announce political alliance

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi and cleric Moqtada al Sadr said their alliance "doesn't not mean the door is closed for the remaining blocs" to join them.

Iraqi cleric Sadr gives Abadi 72 hours to vote on cabinet

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al Sadr gives Iraq's leaders 72 hours to vote on technocrats' cabinet otherwise he will re-start protests

Iran's Soleimani flies to Moscow to discuss missiles, Syria

Iran's Major General Qassem Soleimani flies to Moscow for talks on Russian missiles and Syria despite UN travel ban