BAGHDAD — Moqtada al-Sadr, a populist Shiite cleric, called on his supporters Tuesday to immediately withdraw from a government district in Baghdad after a day of fierce fighting there killed dozens of people, deepening the political crisis in the country.
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Iraqi cleric orders supporters to retreat after clashes kill dozens
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Updated August 30, 2022 at 1:58 p.m. EDT|Published August 30, 2022 at 6:32 a.m. EDT