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Powerful Iraqi cleric tells supporters to stand down after day of deadly violence in Baghdad
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Powerful Iraqi cleric tells supporters to stand down after day of deadly violence in Baghdad

Baghdad (CNN) – Baghdad was left reeling on Tuesday from some of the deadliest violence seen in the Iraqi capital…
Powerful Iraqi cleric announces withdrawal from politics, sparking protests in Baghdad’s Green Zone
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Powerful Iraqi cleric announces withdrawal from politics, sparking protests in Baghdad’s Green Zone

(CNN) – Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Monday that he was withdrawing from political life, triggering a…
Turkey orders 1,112 arrested over links to cleric Gulen
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Turkey orders 1,112 arrested over links to cleric Gulen

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey launched on Tuesday one of its largest operations against alleged supporters of the US-based Muslim cleric…
Senior cleric in Afghanistan’s top religious body killed
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Senior cleric in Afghanistan’s top religious body killed

  KABUL (Reuters) – A leader of Afghanistan’s highest religious body was assassinated in Kabul on Saturday, a senior interior…
Bahrain’s Shia spiritual leader undergoes surgery, activists say
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Bahrain’s Shia spiritual leader undergoes surgery, activists say

Bahrain’s top Shia Muslim cleric underwent surgery on Friday, activists said, after he was hospitalised following months under virtual house…
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