Iraq’s Sunni-backed political alliance ended a parliament boycott Sunday, officials said, but the bloc’s ministers will stay away from Cabinet meetings to protest arrests and prosecution of Sunni officials.
The decision underlines sectarian tensions in the Shiite-dominated government as violence surges just weeks after U.S. troops left the country.
The political crisis erupted last month after Iraq’s Shiite-led government issued an arrest warrant against the Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on terrorism charges. In protest, Iraqiya lawmakers and ministers boycotted parliament and Cabinet sessions, bringing government work to a standstill.
Maysoun al-Damlouji, a spokeswoman for the Iraqiya bloc, said its lawmakers will return to the parliament when it reconvenes Tuesday. She said Iraqiya’s leaders decided
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