Vian Sabri, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc in the Iraqi Parliament, noted that Sadr’s non-participation would ...

A top aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was released from jail Wednesday, a source in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office and a senior U.S. military official told CNN. Coalition ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered Thursday to help purge Iraqi security forces of militia members. But he also criticized the Iraqi government for denying that it sent ...

Ware said Iran wants to use al-Sadr's populist base to advance its agenda in Iraq. "However, they don't want to see him get too big for his boots or to rise to a position where they can no longer ...

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Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi Shiite cleric and politician Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Thursday that the ...

Iraqi populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr has sparked controversy for alleging that the holy Quran was altered following the Prophet Mohammed’s death. In his series, Lectures on Quran ...

Sadr’s own spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri, has long been based in Iran’s holy city of Qom. It was precisely such simplistic moralizing that set the stage for the 2003 ...

ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has issued strict directives to his Saraya ... as the United ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

U.S. officials are calling for peace and dialogue amid reports of "disturbing" violence in Baghdad's Green Zone on Monday after Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ... 6 years ago Iran tries ...