Scuffles broke out between protesters and security forces injuring dozens as thousands gathered Saturday in Iraq's capital to mark three years since nationwide demonstrations erupted against endemic corruption.

A teenage girl has been killed during American military drills near a US military camp close to the international airport in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

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Iraq's top executive powers and major parties agreed Monday at a meeting boycotted by powerful Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to work towards holding early elections, a week after deadly unrest, the prime minister's office said.

Staff at Iraq's parliament returned to work Sunday for the first time since Shia cleric Muqtada Sadr's supporters stormed the legislature in late July, an assembly official said.

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Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi warned that the political crisis in the country is threatening security achievements made in past years.

Iraq's judiciary suspended work on Tuesday after supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr camped out near its headquarters to demand that it dissolve parliament, escalating one of the worst political crises since the U.S.-led invasion.

The chairman of the Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce said the trade between Tehran and Baghdad will reach the $9 billion mark in seven months, despite the tough US economic sanctions in place against Iran.

Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi met party and other leaders on Wednesday to discuss the country's political deadlock, but key player Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shia cleric, did not attend.

Iraq’s political spectrum has been the scene of unprecedented developments over the past weeks with supporters of prominent Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr taking over Parliament and demanding the legislative chamber be dissolved. Sadr has called for early elections and changes to the Constitution after withdrawing his lawmakers from Parliament in June. He says if the country’s judiciary rejects the demands, “the revolutionaries will take another stance".

By Javad Mohammad Ali

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