The Latest: Iraqis announce disbanding of Green Zone protest

Protesters and supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr chant slogans calling for governmental reforms as they wave national flags during a sit-in inside Baghdad's highly fortified Green Zone, Sunday, May 1, 2016. Anti-government protesters tore down walls and poured into the Iraqi capital's heavily fortified Green Zone yesterday, where they stormed parliament in a major escalation of a political crisis that has simmered for months. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) Protesters and supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr chant slogans calling for governmental reforms as they wave national flags during a sit-in inside Baghdad's highly fortified Green Zone, Sunday, May 1, 2016. Anti-government protesters tore down walls and poured into the Iraqi capital's heavily fortified Green Zone yesterday, where they stormed parliament in a major escalation of a political crisis that has simmered for months. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

By Associated Press May 1, 2016 2 min read

BAGHDAD (AP) – The Latest on Iraq’s political crisis (all times local):

7:00 p.m.

Anti-government protesters in Iraq have temporarily ended their mass demonstration and are withdrawing from Baghdad’s Green Zone.

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr tore down walls and poured into the heavily guarded area on Saturday, storming parliament in the culmination of months of sit-ins and demonstrations calling for political reform.

But on Sunday loudspeakers manned by al-Sadr’s followers announced the disbanding of the protests, and the demonstrators began filing out of the Green Zone in an orderly manner.