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Newshour: 30/08/2022 13:06 GMT: Iraq militia leader orders fighters to stop after deadly violence

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30/08/2022 13:06 GMT

30/08/2022 13:06 GMT: Iraq militia leader orders fighters to stop after deadly violence

Iraq militia leader orders fighters to stop after deadly violence

BBC World Service - Newshour, Iraq militia leader orders fighters to stop after deadly violence

Militia leader orders followers to stop fighting after deadly violence rocks Baghdad

Militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered his followers to stop fighting after deadly violence rocked Baghdad. killing more than thirty people.

More than thirty people are dead following fighting between rival Shia militia after the powerful Shia cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, said he was stepping away from politics. His appeal for them to stop has now restored calm.

Also in the programme: the general who oversaw the withdrawal of the US military in Afghanistan speaks about no longer having a presence there; and how male dolphins make male friends for life, behaviour not previously confirmed among animals.

(Photo shows members of militias loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad, Iraq. Credit: Miurtaja Lateef/EPA)

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