At least 30 dead as clashes continue in Iraq following resignation of influential cleric

Powerful Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his loyalists in the government zone to withdraw after nearly 24 hours of fierce clashes with security forces and paramilitary groups. The death toll rose to at least 30 people after two days of unrest, officials said.

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