Al Jazeera: Uncertainty remains as Iraq parliament accepts PM's resignation
Parliament approves resignation of Abdul Mahdi's government after two months of protests that left more than 400 dead.
Baghdad, Iraq - Iraqi legislators approved Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's resignation on Sunday during a parliament session held in the capital Baghdad amid weeks of deadly anti-government protests.
An embattled Abdul Mahdi had announced on Friday that he would quit, after 50 demonstrators were killed the previous day by security forces in Baghdad and Iraq's mainly Shia southern cities of Nasiriya and Najaf.
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Update: Will this lead to the breakup of Iraq? .... Iraq risks breakup as tribes take on Iran’s militias in ‘blood feud’ (The Guardian).
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