Rage and violence. Why Iraq flies into the abyss of the Civil War, and who is the mucntada of the As-Sadr, which now it all depends on

Due to the rivalry of two Shiites camps, Iraq has been left without president and premiere for a year. Western media is writing about the acute phase of the political crisis, which provoked bloody riots in Baghdad, and predict further events. Over the last month, Iraqi lived, thinking that they were waiting for their country: civil war or extraordinary elections. In the end, Baghdad has survived the greatest outbreak of violence in recent years.

Although the Siite Siite movements abstained from the large -scale armed confrontation, finding a solution for a multi -magnifying political crisis by the power -holders failed, so the internal strife will probably continue.

Video of riots Day in Baghdad began when the militias of the Shiite religious leader of Muktade As-Sadra broke through to the Green Zone-the safest part of the city, where government buildings and foreign embassies are located-and entered armed conflicts with state security forces. As a result of riots, at least 30 people were killed, and hundreds were injured.

The rebels who broke into the city center were already dissatisfied with the protracted political crisis in the country, and now their leader announced that he was finally coming from politics. Although the ASADR is not making such a statement for the first time, and has already announced his departure in 2014, this time he also expressed fears that he could be killed. But when angry Iraqi attacked the government quarter, the politician urged them to retreat.

So on the evening of August 30, the militias left the central streets of the city, and in Baghdad the relative peace was restored. The current political crisis began in Iraq after the election in October 2021, which, by the way, had a record low turnout - only 44% of citizens visited the polling stations, since many of them were already desperate in the ability of the democratic system to improve their lives.

In the October elections, the AS-Sadra political force won and won 73 out of 329 seats in parliament, after which the Shiite leader wanted to form a government in a coalition with representatives of Kurdish and Sunnite communities, but without the participation of their ancient rivals-Shiite parties, which supports them. Known as one of the most active opponents of American presence in Iraq, the ASADR opposes any foreign influence on its state-including Iranian.