After weeks of debates amongst #Tishreeni actors regarding attendance at the long-awaited planning meeting for the third anniversary of the Tishreen Revolution, the meeting finally took place on Friday in #Nasiriyah. 🧵1/6
📷Ali Dab Dab This is the first time in which #RDG has seen disparate actors within the broader Tishreeni network function properly as a collective movement rather than several power centers that compete amongst themselves for primacy. 2/6

Another Federal Supreme Court Case...But the Sadrists Don’t Want Their Seats Back… 🧵1/7 The Federal Supreme Court (FSC) has scheduled a hearing for the end of September regarding the case brought forth by Dhia al-Din al-Budairi to petition for the invalidation of the resignations of seventy-three Sadrist MPs. 2/7

Last week, #Iraq saw the first coup attempt in decades. A complicated political/religious blow triggered a series of events that brought to a head the rivalry between the Sadrists and elements of the Shia Coordination Framework (SCF). 🧵 1/5 In assessing the sudden social media activity of several Sadrist accounts posting, just before the conflict began, about the coming “big surprise,” combined with the fierceness and overnight duration of the attack points towards an actual attempt to overthrow the system. 2/5

Mohammed Shia al-Sudani worked his way up the political chain, starting as mayor of Amarah city and subsequently governor in his home province of Missan, he rose through the ranks to become a minister. 🧵1/6

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Serving in several ministries concurrently during al-Abadi’s gov, he was appointed as the Minister of Labor & Social Affairs while also serving as acting minister to cover positions left open by the Sadrist withdrawal and Human Rights Minister during al-Maliki’s second term. 2/6