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People sit in an unlicensed Starbucks cafe in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Real Starbucks merchandise is imported from neighboring countries to stock the three cafes in the city, but all are unlicensed. Starbucks filed a lawsuit in an attempt to shut down the trademark violation but the case was shuttered after the owner allegedly threatened lawyers hired by the coffee house. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan)

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Real coffee, but a fake 'Starbucks' in piracy-ridden Iraq
By SAMYA KULLAB AND QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press
Thu,12/22/22-12:40AM , 99 Reads
BAGHDAD (AP) — Everything from the signboard outside down to the napkins bears the official emblem of the top international coffee chain. But in Baghdad, looks are deceiving: The “Starbucks” in the Iraqi capital is unlicensed.
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Relatives attend a funeral of a man killed during clashes with security in Baghdad during his funeral in Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. An influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced Monday that he will resign from Iraqi politics, and hundreds of his angry followers responded by storming the government palace. The move sparked violent clashes with security forces in which at least 15 protesters were killed. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

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Iraqis heed cleric's plea to leave streets after clashes
By SAMYA KULLAB AND QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press
Tue,08/30/22-1:19AM , 97 Reads
BAGHDAD (AP) — Armed supporters of a powerful Iraqi cleric who clashed with security forces in the capital began to withdraw from the streets Tuesday, restoring a measure of calm after a serious escalation of the nation's political cri
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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hold posters with his photo during a sit-in, inside the parliament in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. The political rivals of al-Sadr whose followers stormed the parliament have declared their own counter-protest. The announcement on Monday stirred fear among Iraqis and caused security forces to erect concrete barriers leading to the heavily fortified Green Zone, home of the parliament building. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

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Threat of protests, violent escalation stirs fears in Iraq
By SAMYA KULLAB AND QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press
Mon,08/01/22-5:12AM , 129 Reads
BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands gathered in Baghdad on Monday for a counter-rally called by Iran-backed groups against their rival, an influential cleric whose followers are staging a sit-in inside the Iraqi parliament — only to withdraw hours later.
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Iraqi protesters fill the parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 31, 2022. Thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric stormed into Iraq's parliament on Saturday, for the second time in a week, protesting government formation efforts led by his rivals, an alliance of Iran-backed groups. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

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Iraq cleric's followers camped out in parliament for 2nd day
By SAMYA KULLAB AND QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press
Sun,07/31/22-8:04AM , 109 Reads
BAGHDAD (AP) — With mattresses strewn about, food trucked in and protesters playacting as lawmakers, hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric were camped out Sunday inside the Iraqi parliament after toppling security walls around the building and storming in the previous day.
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