Fierce fighting has taken place around the fortified green zone in Baghdad between followers of the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and pro-Iranian militias.
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The green zone houses the national parliament and and diplomatic missions and has been the scene of running battles.

Protesters had earlier pulled down concrete barriers outside the government palace with ropes and breached the palace gates. Iran closed its border and urged its citizens to leave Iraq amid efforts by pro-Iranian factions and those loyal to Sadr to ease tensions

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