Iraq latest updates: Al-Sadr supporters withdraw from Green Zone
Iraq news from August 30: Following days of violence, supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr withdraw from Baghdad’s Green Zone.
![Followers of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr withdraw from the streets after violent clashes, near the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq.](/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-08-30T105908Z_695780765_RC2Y6W90XFRB_RTRMADP_3_IRAQ-UNREST-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
- Supporters of populist leader Muqtada al-Sadr begin to withdraw from Baghdad’s Green Zone after calls to fully retreat from the area.
- Al-Sadr supporters earlier fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns at the Green Zone as security forces returned fire.