WASHINGTON, 01 September 2022, (TON): The White House said “US President Joe Biden held a call with Iraq’s caretaker prime minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, after violence this week in Baghdad.”
White House said in a statement “the President commended Prime Minister Kadhimi’s personal leadership during escalating tensions and violence over a 24-hour period earlier this week.”
Baghdad saw its worst fighting for years this week as rival Shiite Muslim groups battled in the capital after powerful cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr announced he was leaving politics.
Sadr said his decision was prompted by the failure of other Shiite leaders and parties to reform Iraq’s governing system.