Sadr supporters stormed Republican Palace after Mukteda Sadr announced withdrawal from politics. Invaders broke into the pool inside the Republican Palace. Iraqi Joint Operations Command announced that the curfew order will be issued for the capital Baghdad after 15:30.
Mukteda Sadr had posted his withdraw decision on his social media account. He also announced that all foundations, excluding the turbe and museum belonging to Sadr Movement, will be shut down.
Andriy Portnov, former aide to ex-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, was shot dead in Madrid’s upscale Pozuelo de Alarcon district. Spanish authorities say unidentified gunmen opened fire as the 52-year-old was dropping off his children at school, striking him in the back and head before fleeing.
Portnov, a former MP and lawyer, fled Ukraine with Yanukovych in 2014, briefly returned in 2019, and was later sanctioned by the U.S. for alleged judicial corruption.
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