Here is the Sixth Seal Zone (Revelation 6:12)

Here are the hidden earthquake zones you don’t know about

April 13, 20204 Min Read

Let’s get able to (probably) rumble.

A report this week from the Los Angeles Instances took a have a look at what a devastating earthquake may do to Los Angeles — and the classes to be discovered from the calamitous 6.three magnitude quake in 2011 that every one however flattened Christchurch, New Zealand.

However whereas People are conscious of the San Andreas fault and the seismic exercise in California, which has wreaked havoc in San Francisco and Los Angeles, there are different, lesser-known fault traces in the United States that fly dangerously underneath the radar. These cracks in the crust have prompted appreciable harm in the previous — and scientists say will achieve this once more.

Virginia Seismic Zone

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In 2011, New Yorkers had been jolted by a 5.eight magnitude earthquake that shook the East Coast from New Hampshire all the approach down by means of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The quake’s epicenter was in Mineral, Virginia, about 90 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., and was so highly effective that Union Station, the Pentagon and the Capitol Constructing had been all evacuated.

The quake woke lots of people in the northeast as much as the Virginia Seismic Zone (VSZ) under the Mason Dixon — and the consequential results it may have on main cities alongside the East Coast. The final time the VSZ prompted a lot chaos was in 1867 when it launched an earthquake of 5.6-magnitude — the strongest in Virginia’s historical past.

Ramapo Fault Zone

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It’s not simply the Virginia Seismic Zone New Yorkers have to fret about. Nearer to house is the Ramapo Fault Zone, which stretches from New York by means of New Jersey to Pennsylvania and was most energetic tens of millions of years in the past throughout the formation of the Appalachian Mountains. It’s answerable for a number of of the fault traces that run by means of New York Metropolis, together with one underneath 125th Avenue. In line with a New York Publish report in 2017, “On common, the area has witnessed a reasonable quake (about a 5.zero on the Richter scale) each hundred years. The final one was in 1884. Seismologists say we will anticipate the subsequent one any day now.” Enjoyable occasions!

The New Madrid Seismic Zone

This 150 mile-long sequence of faults stretches underneath 5 states: Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, and is answerable for 4 of the largest earthquakes in the historical past of the United States, which befell over three months from December 1811 and February 1812. The quakes had been so robust the mighty Mississippi River flowed backward for 3 days. Fortunately, the space was not as populated as it’s now, so the harm was restricted. Nonetheless, a FEMA report launched in 2008 warned {that a} quake now could be catastrophic and end in “the highest financial losses as a consequence of a pure catastrophe in the United States.”

The Northern Sangre de Cristo Fault

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In 2011, a magnitude 5.three quake hit Trinidad, Colorado, one other space that has seen little seismic exercise on such a big scale. In line with the Colorado Division of Homeland Safety and Emergency Administration, The Sangre de Cristo Fault, which lies at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains alongside the japanese fringe of the San Luis Valley, and the Sawatch Fault, which runs alongside the japanese fringe of the Sawatch Vary, are “two of the most distinguished probably energetic faults in Colorado” and that “Seismologists predict that Colorado will once more expertise a magnitude 6.5 earthquake at some unknown level in the future.”

The Cascadia Subduction Zone

One in every of the most probably harmful fault traces lies north of California, stretching between Oregon and Washington. Main cities like Portland, Seattle and Vancouver lie alongside the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which scientists say has the functionality of a 9.zero or 10 magnitude earthquake — 16 occasions extra highly effective than the 1906 quake which ravaged San Francisco. A quake of this magnitude would have devastating penalties on infrastructure and will probably set off large tsunamis. The risk is so nice, the BBC even did a nifty video on the potential MegaQuake risk.

Drones hit Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine: Jeremiah 12

A view of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on June 15, 2023. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP) (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images).

Drones hit Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine

The United Nations’ atomic watchdog says continued damage to the facility risks a “major nuclear accident.”

BY NICHOLAS SLAYTON | PUBLISHED APR 7, 2024 11:38 PM ED

Aseries of drones targeted the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine, damaging parts of the installation including the dome above one of the reactors. 

The International Atomic Energy Commission, which has been in contact with Ukrainian and Russian authorities, confirmed the damage to the facility and that there was one casualty in the attack. Russia accuses Ukraine of the drone attack, although Kyiv denies responsibility. Russia’s state-owned nuclear agency reported that three were wounded in the attack, but said that there was no sign of any major damage or changes in radiation levels. 

The attack resulted in the most serious damage to the nuclear power plant, which sits near the front lines of the ongoing war, in more than a year. The IAEA, the United Nations’ main watchdog organization for atomic energy, warned that there is the risk of a serious accident if fighting and attacks on the power plant continue. 

“Damage at unit 6 has not compromised nuclear safety, but this is a serious incident with potential to undermine integrity of the reactor’s containment system,” the IAEA said in a statement.

Rafael Grossi, head of the IAEA, criticized the attack on the plant, saying that Sunday’s attack is a “major escalation of the nuclear safety and security dangers facing the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. Such reckless attacks significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident and must cease immediately.”

The Zaporizhzhia power plant has been at the front lines for much of the war, now in its third year. Ongoing fighting in the region, particularly next to the nuclear power plant, has led to pleas from international powers over the danger damage to the facility could pose. Despite that, both Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of instigating fighting near Zaporizhzhia. The U.S. Department of Defense previously blasted Russia for provocative actions after it shelled the area around the plant in 2022.

Since seizing the Zaporzhzhia power plant, Russian authorities have kept it running but have maintained military forces near the installation. It has faced serious challenges over the last two years, including losing off-site power at one point, forcing it to rely on a backup power source to keep the reactors cool. 

According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is built strong enough, and with safeguards installed after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, that stray rounds or minor damage would not create a meltdown or radiation leak. But the very real danger persists that any serious attack on or damage to the plant could lead to the release of large amounts of radiation. 

The damage to Zaporizhzhia is not the only drone attack on Russian-controlled areas in the last few days. On Friday, Ukraine said that it launched drones into southern Russia, targeting an airfield that is home to aircraft used in the war in Ukraine. Kyiv claimed that it destroyed six planes and damaged eight more. 

Nicholas Slayton

Nicholas Slayton is a contributing editor for Task & Purpose, covering conflict for over 12 years, from the Arab Spring to the war in Ukraine. His previous reporting can be found on the non-profit Aslan Media, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, The New Republic, The American Prospect, Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, and the Los Angeles Downtown News. You can reach him at nicholas@taskandpurpose.com or find him on Twitter @NSlayton and Bluesky at @nslayton.bsky.social. Contact the author here.

 

Palestinians return to destroyed homes in the outer court: Revelation 11

Palestinians collect belongings in Khan Younis after the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Gaza. Photograph: Ismael Abu Dayyah/AP

Palestinians return to destroyed homes in Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal

People find landscape in southern Gaza city marked by shattered buildings and stench of death from under the rubble

Peter BeaumontMon 8 Apr 2024 07.20 EDTShare

Palestinians have begun returning to the devastated city of Khan Younis, a day after Israel’s unexpected withdrawal of forces from southern Gaza.

Those returning to the city, which has been under a relentless Israeli military assault for the past four months, described widespread destruction and the stench of death from under the rubble.

The retreat of Israel’s 98th division from southern Gaza, on the day that marked the six-month anniversary of the war, baffled many Israeli commentators, who struggled to interpret official explanations for the previously unannounced move, which some suggested marked an end of high-intensity fighting in Gaza.

The departure of the forces leaves only two Israeli brigades inside Gaza tasked with maintaining the physical separation of the northern and southern halves of the strip.

Although senior Israeli military and political officials insisted the withdrawal did not mark the end of the conflict or the postponement of Israel’s threatened assault on the city of Rafah, it came alongside conflicting messages of progress from ceasefire talks in Cairo over the weekend, with some describing significant progress.

Video from the Associated Press in Khan Younis showed some people returning to a landscape marked by shattered multi-storey buildings and climbing over debris. Cars were overturned and charred. Southern Gaza’s main hospital, Nasser, was in shambles.

“Many areas, especially the city centre, have become unfit for life,” said Mahmoud Abdel-Ghani, who fled Khan Younis in December when Israel began its ground invasion of the city. “I found that my house and my neighbours’ houses turned to rubble.”

Some returned carrying belongings or cycled on demolished roads to inspect the damage. “It’s all just rubble,” said Ahmad Abu al-Rish. “Animals can’t live here, so how is a human supposed to?”

Najwa Ayyash, who also was displaced from Khan Younis, said she was unable to reach her family’s third-floor apartment because the stairs were gone. Her brother climbed his way up through the destruction and pulled down some possessions, including lighter clothes for her children.

Bassel Abu Nasser, a Khan Younis resident who fled after an airstrike hit his home in January, said much of the city had been turned into rubble. “There is no sense of life there,” the 37-year-old father of two children said. “They left nothing there.”

Footage reveals destruction in Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal – video

Others suggested that even returning to badly damaged apartments was better than remaining in a tent in Rafah.

While Israel’s military said its withdrawal of forces from southern Gaza was merely a regrouping as the army prepares to move into Hamas’s last stronghold, Rafah, the claim was met with some scepticism by Israeli commentators, who saw little evidence of Israeli preparations for a Rafah offensive or for the evacuation of the 1.4 million Palestinians in the city.

Israel has told the Biden administration – which opposes an assault on the city – that it plans to relocate those sheltering in Rafah to satellite tent cities, but there appear to be no preparations for that move.

Instead, critics of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claim he is content to continue the war at a far lower intensity and tempo to prolong the conflict and his own political survival.

Justifying the move, the Israel Defense Forces’ chief of staff, Gen Herzi Halevi, said: “The war in Gaza continues, and we are far from stopping. Senior Hamas officials are still in hiding. We will get to them sooner or later. We are making progress, continuing to kill more terrorists and commanders and destroy more terror infrastructures, including last night.”

However, the move sparked alarm among far-right members of Netanyahu’s coalition and newspaper commentators.

On Monday, Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, warned that “if Netanyahu decides to end the war without an expansive assault in Rafah, he won’t have the mandate to serve as prime minister”.

That sentiment was echoed by his far-right colleague Bezalel Smotrich, who called an immediate security cabinet meeting to discuss the progress of the war “given the given situation of pulling out of forces from the Gaza Strip and the decreasing of the war’s general intensity, while delaying for weeks the entry to Rafah”.

Writing in the rightwing Jerusalem Post, the paper’s senior military correspondent Yonah Jeremy Bob described the move as “stunning”.

“Some political and defence officials tried to offer apologetics for how it was hinted to [be], or consistent with Israel’s strategy to date – but it simply was not,” he said, describing it as an “admission of failure” in its policy of trying to pressure Hamas to release hostages through the large presence of Israeli forces in the south.

Even Israel Hayom, which for years existed as a mouthpiece for Netanyahu, struggled to believe the official explanation suggesting the withdrawal might be a precursor to a hostages-for-ceasefire deal.

Ariel Kahana wrote: “If we assemble all the pieces of the puzzle that is Israel’s moves in the past day it looks like a final, large and very dangerous and difficult effort to reach a hostage deal is being made.”

Appearing to reinforce that theory, the Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant, on Monday said “difficult decisions” needed to be made to get the hostages back, adding: “In my opinion we are at a suitable point, but there’s another side that needs to agree to it.”

Depictions of progress in ceasefire talks over the weekend were categorised by wildly different assessments, with a Hamas official saying on Monday no progress was made, shortly after Egyptian sources said headway had been made on the agenda.https://interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/embed/2024/04/archive-zip/giv-13425tyQs5AYN2XgT/

“There is no change in the position of the occupation and therefore, there is nothing new in the Cairo talks,” the Hamas official, who asked not to be named, told Reuters. “There is no progress yet.”

Earlier on Monday, Egypt’s state-affiliated Al-Qahera News TV channel quoted a senior Egyptian source as saying progress had been made after a deal was reached among participating delegations on issues under discussion.

In Jerusalem at the weekend, the Israeli foreign minister, Israel Katz, described the Cairo talks as the closest the sides had come to a deal since a November truce under which Hamas freed dozens of hostages.

“We have reached a critical point in the negotiations. If it works out, then a large number of hostages will come home,” he told Israel’s Army Radio.

Agencies contributed to this article

Under Biden Administration, Iran’s Mullahs Enjoying Green Light to Go Nuclear: Daniel 8

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The prospect of the world’s “leading sponsor of state terrorism” armed with nuclear weapons demands serious and immediate action.

The ascent of Iran’s nuclear program under the watch of the Biden administration stands as a grim illustration of its failure and inadequacy. Iran’s mullahs appear to have been tacitly handed an alarming green light to pursue their nuclear ambitions with impunity. The bleak reality is that time is rapidly running out for concerted action to stop Iran’s march towards acquiring nuclear weapons capability. The Biden administration’s response, however, has been marked by silence, massive funding of Iran and a conspicuous absence of intervention.

The latest reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) paint a chilling picture of Iran’s unchecked nuclear advancement. Despite mounting concerns worldwide, Tehran has brazenly obstructed IAEA inspectors, thereby thwarting any meaningful oversight of its nuclear facilities. The agency’s quarterly report underscores Iran’s nightmarish progress, which include stockpiles of enriched uranium surging to levels of up to 84% purity, perilously close to the coveted weapons-grade threshold of 90%.

According to the latest data from the IAEA, Iran potentially possesses sufficient material to construct many atomic bombs. With each passing day, Iran edges closer to possessing the capability to produce nuclear weapons on a scale that could destabilize not just the region, but beyond.

Rafael Grossi, director general of the IAEA, has sounded the alarm over the loss of vital intelligence regarding Iran’s centrifuges:

The Agency has lost continuity of knowledge in relation to [the Iranian regime’s] production and inventory of centrifuges, rotors and bellows, heavy water and uranium ore concentrate.

The opacity surrounding Iran’s nuclear program leaves the international community vulnerable and in the dark.

According to the Institute for Science and International Security, a long-standing observer of Iran’s nuclear endeavors, the country possesses the capability to enrich uranium for the production of up to 13 nuclear weapons, with the potential for seven more to be manufactured within the initial month of a breakout. The Institute adds that recent findings indicate a disquieting escalation; they note that Iran’s capacity for producing weapons-grade uranium has increased both in volume and speed just since the last IAEA report in November 2023, not even half a year ago.

The Institute also underscores that Iran’s combined reserves of enriched uranium and centrifuge infrastructure are substantial enough to yield the equivalent of 25 kilograms of weapons-grade uranium, enabling the production of seven nuclear weapons within one month, nine within two months, eleven within three months, and ultimately reaching a maximum of 12-13 within four-to-five months.

Despite the glaring imperative for the robust enforcement of economic sanctions to choke off Iran’s financial lifelines, the Biden administration’s approach has been desperately misguided. Instead of wielding economic leverage to compel Iran to abandon its nuclear aspirations, the Biden administration has continued to inject billions of dollars into the regime’s coffers, fueling the very program it was purportedly seeking to curtail.

The need for urgent measures to neutralize Iran’s nuclear ambitions cannot be overstated. It is crucial to explore all available avenues — yes, all — such as targeted strikes on Iran’s oil and nuclear infrastructure to forestall the emergence of an Iran armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons and the will — at least — to threaten with them. The window to halt the development of Iran’s nuclear weapons arsenal is rapidly closing: the prospect of the world’s “leading sponsor of state terrorism” armed with nuclear weapons demands serious and immediate action.

In the face of Iran’s nuclear advancement and defiance of international norms, the Biden administration’s policy of capitulation is not only misguided but also perilously reckless. The time for diplomatic platitudes and half-hearted gestures has long passed. What is required now is a resolute, united response that sends an unequivocal message to Tehran: the international community will not tolerate the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the hands of rogue regimes.

On the Biden administration’s watch, Iran’s mullahs appear to have been granted carte blanche to pursue nuclear capabilities. Despite Tehran’s continued defiance of international oversight, and more than 150 Iran-backed attacks on US troops and assets in the region just since October, and the escalation of its nuclear program, the administration’s silence is, to say the least, both disconcerting and dangerous.

The clock is ticking towards a nuclear tipping point. Iran now controls four countries in the region in addition to its own — Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. With nuclear weapons, Iran will be able to “export the Revolution” with ease. It will not even have to use its nuclear arsenal; just the threat of a nuclear attack should be enough to deter push-back and secure capitulation. The regime is already establishing footholds in Latin America — Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua –– from where it will be able to threaten “the Big Satan,” the United States.

The specter of a nuclear-armed Iran threatens to shatter even further the stability of the Middle East, Europe and the United States. It is essential to confront the nuclear threat from Iran with haste.

New York City Overdue for a Major Earthquake: Revelation 6

New York City Emergency Management officials monitoring reports after a magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook the area on Friday.Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Is New York City Overdue for a Major Earthquake?

Seismologists said that severe earthquakes are relatively rare around the city and cannot be predicted. But if one were to hit, it could inflict serious damage.

April 6, 2024

The earthquake that hit the Northeast on Friday morning rattled nerves but did not do much damage. Still, it left many New Yorkers wondering how afraid they should be of a bigger one hitting closer to the city.

The answer? It’s hard to say.

Some news reports suggest that a large earthquake is “due” in New York City because moderate ones — with a magnitude of 5 or more — typically occur every few hundred years. The last one took place in the 1700s. Friday’s earthquake, in comparison, was a magnitude 4.8.

In 2008, Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory found that the risk of earthquakes in the New York City area was greater than previously believed. That is because smaller earthquakes occur regularly in New York City, like a magnitude 1.7 earthquake that was recorded in Astoria, Queens, in January.

Russia Claims Ukraine attack hits Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: Jeremiah 12

A Russian service member stands guard at a checkpoint near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the Russian-controlled Zaporizhia region of Ukraine [File: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters]

Russia says Ukraine attack hits Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Russian-installed officials at the plant say radiation levels remain normal after the attack.

Ukraine has struck the dome above a shutdown reactor at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear station, the plant’s Russian-installed administration said.

It was not immediately clear what weapon was used in Sunday’s attack against the nuclear plant, which was taken by Russian forces shortly after their full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, although the Russian state-owned nuclear agency Rosatom said the site had come under a drone attack.

Radiation levels were normal and there was no serious damage after the attack, according to the plant’s officials. But Rosatom later said that three people had been wounded, specifically in a drone strike near the site’s canteen.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has experts at the site, said it had been informed by the Russian-run plant that a drone had detonated at the site and the information was “consistent” with IAEA observations.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has warned both sides to refrain from actions that “jeopardise nuclear safety”.

The nuclear plant, which is the largest in Europe, has six Soviet-designed VVER-1000 V-320 water-cooled and water-moderated reactors containing uranium-235. There is also spent nuclear fuel at the facility.

Reactors number one, two, five and six are in cold shutdown, while reactor number three is shut down for repair and number four is in so-called “hot shutdown”, according to the plant’s administration.

The plant remains close to the front lines, and both Ukraine and Russia have repeatedly accused the other of attacking the plant and so risking a possible nuclear disaster.

Front-line fighting

Earlier on Sunday, a woman was killed when shrapnel from a downed Ukrainian drone hit a car travelling in Russia’s Belgorod region, according to the local Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.

In a statement on the Telegram messaging app, Gladkov said that four more people, including two children, had been wounded after air defences downed four Ukrainian drones on the approach to Belgorod city.

The Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, has come under regular attack from Kyiv’s forces since 2022, with 25 people killed in a single missile strike on Belgorod city in December.

Russia’s army on Sunday said that it had destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones over its border in Belgorod and in the Bryansk region.

The army added that 12 of the 15 drones were destroyed over the Belgorod region.

Ukraine has for months launched drone attacks on several border areas as it tries to push back Russia’s advancing forces.

“Ukrainian drones destroy the occupiers. They protect the lives of our soldiers on the front lines. And they help Ukraine decrease Russiaʼs war potential,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on the social media platform X on Saturday.

“In the sky and at sea, our drones have demonstrated that Ukrainian strength can defeat Russian evil,” he added.

However, Zelenskyy also highlighted that Russian attacks continue in front-line regions like Kharkiv and Zaporizhia.

On Sunday, Kyiv said that a Russian strike on the town of Huliaipole in the southern Zaporizhia region killed three people.

“Two men and a woman died under the rubble of their own private house, which was hit by a Russian shell,” the head of the region, Ivan Fedorov, said on social media.

Officials added that a woman was also killed in the city of Kupiansk, in the northeastern Kharkiv region that has seen increased attacks in recent months.

Meanwhile in the main city of Kharkiv, Kyiv said Russia launched another attack on Sunday, wounding five civilians, a day after a deadly attack there.

On Saturday, two Russian strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, killed eight civilians and injured at least 10 people, according to regional officials.

“We must put an end to this terror,” Zelenskyy said.

On Sunday, during a video meeting of the Kyiv-organised fundraising platform United24, Zelenskyy said that it was crucial for the US Congress to approve military aid to Ukraine, as the war continues to rage.

“It is necessary to specifically tell Congress that if Congress does not help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,” he said.

“If Ukraine loses the war, other states will be attacked.”

Potential alliance brewing between Al-Furatayn and the Antichrist: Revelation 13

Potential alliance brewing between Al-Furatayn and Sadrist ahead of Iraq’s elections

Shafaq News/ The Al-Furatayn Movement, led by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, hinted on Saturday at a potential alliance with the Sadrist Movement, led by Muqtada Al-Sadr.

Hadi Al-Yasiri, a member of the Al-Furatayn Movement’s political office, revealed that the high chances of electoral success are because the Movement is popular among citizens, and “concerns from other political parties are typical in electoral competition.”

Al-Yasiri stated that it is “premature” to discuss a possible alliance with the Sadrist Movement post-elections. However, “everything is possible in politics.”

The official stressed that the Al-Furatayn Movement remains “open to national political orientations, aiming to form a unified national umbrella in the upcoming phase.”

A study by the Coordination Framework alliance (which includes all Shiite forces but Muqtada Al-Sadr) suggests Al-Sudani could lead a potent coalition, garnering around a third of Shiite parliamentary seats. 

The current PM’s recent alliances and growing influence within Shiite circles make him a significant player. His new coalition includes winning provincial governors and diverse Shiite forces, potentially reshaping Iraq’s Shiite political landscape. 

After boycotting the political scene in Iraq in 2022 for refusing to work with “corrupts,” Al-Sadr is gearing up politically and popularly to make a solid comeback to the political scene in Iraq and participate vigorously in the upcoming general elections to secure a majority.

A prominent leader in the Movement, who requested anonymity, revealed to Shafaq News Agency, “Muqtada al-Sadr’s recent actions towards engaging with his supporters and directing former Sadrist bloc members come as part of the political and popular preparations for the return of the Sadrist Movement to the political scene through the upcoming parliamentary elections, in which it is expected to participate actively and assertively.”

“The Movement is currently preparing for the elections expected to take place in mid-next year,” the leader emphasized, clarifying that “the Movement will once again work on forming a majority government and will not compromise on this project.”

He pointed out that “it is certain that the former allies of the Sadrist Movement, such as the Taqaddum Alliance and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), remain the closest to it in forming this government.”

In the last parliamentary elections, the Sadrist Movement won 76 seats out of 329, then announced his retirement from political work following a series of events that began with demonstrations by his supporters and ended with clashes inside the Green Zone in Baghdad with armed factions. This allowed the “Coordination Framework (all other Shiite parties)” alliance the opportunity to form the largest parliamentary bloc and subsequently form the government led by Al-Sudani.