The parties of the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and spiritual leader Moqtada al-Sadr will form an alliance. At a press conference, Sadr and Abadi said they wanted to cross sectarian and ethnic lines with their alliance.
The nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose political bloc surprisingly won the parliamentary elections in Iraq, has reached agreement on cooperation with militia leader Hadi al-Amiri. That was announced on Tuesday in the Shia holy city of Najaf. This agreement is a first step towards the formation of a government coalition, although both leaders also keep the door open to other partners.
