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Muqtada al-Sadr and me: The evolution of a nationalistic populist
With Muqtada al-Sadr’s successful bid to win in the late Iraqi national elections, he has won the right to form a government.Until now, ... Features -
Abadi warns of ‘dangerous violations’ in Iraq election
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday there were “dangerous violations” in the May 12 parliamentary election, won by a bloc ... Middle East -
Muqtada al-Sadr visit to Kuwait aimed at ‘improving ties between Iraq and Arabs’
Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr concluded on Wednesday a two-day visit to neighboring Kuwait, holding talks with Kuwait officials related to ... Middle East -
Who will assassinate Muqtada al-Sadr?
Muqtada al-Sadr has risen on the Iraqi political scene again but in a different way following the victory of his bloc Sairoon in the elections, ... Middle East -
Muqtada Al Sadr’s plea for help
Will Iran allow the man who’s now become the most important player in Iraq’s political life to experiment with the possibilities of ... Middle East -
Twin explosions target Iraq communist party HQ: spokesman
Two bombs exploded on Friday close to the Baghdad headquarters of the Iraqi Communist Party, said a spokesman for the political alliance which ... Middle East -
Awaiting Iraq’s new leader
The cabinet plays a huge role in Iraq. The prime minister is the decision maker and Iraq itself is a strategically important country for the region. ... Middle East -
Iraq’s Amiri congratulates Sadr over election win, discuss cabinet formation
Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sairoon alliance which won the recent Iraqi parliamentary elections, met with Hadi al-Amiri, leader of the Fatah ... Middle East -
Abadi and Sadr: The path towards an Iraqi national cabinet
The Sairoon Alliance, led by Sayyid Moqtada al-Sadr, won the largest share of seats in the recent parliamentary elections in Iraq. Although he did not ... Middle East -
US-Iraq military relations not impacted by election: US general
The US military’s relationship with Iraq’s security forces will not be impacted by the election win of Moqtada Sadr, whose followers ... Middle East -
UN calls on Iraq to probe election complaints
The UN on Thursday called for Iraq’s electoral commission to “immediately and fully” investigate complaints by candidates and ... Middle East -
Iraq PM Abadi says ready to work with election winners
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called on Monday for all political blocs to respect the results of his nation’s parliamentary election and ... Middle East -
Iraq’s Sadr supporters chant ‘Iran is out’ while celebrating electoral victory
Following reports that Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s list Sairoon (On the Move) is the early front-runner in the national elections, ... Middle East -
Iraq communists march on May Day, confident ahead of polls
Carrying red flags and posters of Karl Marx, hundreds of Iraqi communists marched Tuesday in Baghdad for May Day, convinced their joint list with ... Features -
Sadr: Iraq PM’s alliance with mobilization militias abhorrent
The leader of the Sadrist movement political party, Muqtada al-Sadr, criticized the new electoral alliance of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ... Middle East -
Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr arrives in UAE on official visit
Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has reportedly arrived in the United Arab Emirates on an official visit. During his visit, al-Sadr is ... Gulf -
Moqtada al-Sadr’s visit to Saudi Arabia is not the first of its kind
If the relations between the countries of the region were to reflect sectarian strife, the people would certainly die as a result of war. Therefore, ... Middle East -
Muqtada al-Sadr: Riyadh serves as regional ‘father figure’
Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of The Sadrist Movement in Iraq, stated that visions were aligned during his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin ... Gulf -
Rapprochement of Saudi-Iraqi ties for a more stable Middle East
The picture of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iraqi leader Muqtada al-Sadr summarizes the rapprochement between Riyadh and Baghdad and ... Middle East -
Muqtada al-Sadr visits Saudi Arabia for the first time in 11 years
Influential Iraqi cleri Muqtada al-Sadr has arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday and met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in what is hist first ... Middle East -
Iraq’s Sadr calls on armed forces to secure borders after Mosul victory
Sadrist Movement leader Moqtada al-Sadr called on armed forces to control the situation and secure Iraqi borders, particularly on the western front. ... Middle East -
Maliki handed over Iraqi cities to ISIS, Moqtada al-Sadr representative says
A representative of prominent Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad, Ibrahim al-Jabri, said on Friday that former Iraqi Prime Minister “Nouri ... Middle East -
An attack on the Iraqi Communist Party
Assailants attacked the headquarters of the Iraqi Communist Party in Al-Diwaniyah on Monday at midnight. The attack is, first and foremost, neither ... Middle East -
Iraq’s Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urges Syria’s Assad to step down
Influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, also calling on Washington and Moscow to ... Middle East -
Maliki accused of provoking supporters in violent demonstrations
Nouri al-Maliki - the Secretary-General of the Dawa party - has been accused of encouraging his followers to take up arms and suppress the recent ... Middle East -
Rockets hit Iraq’s Green Zone after deadly protest
At least seven people were killed during protests in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone area that houses most of Iraq's key institutions and ... Middle East -
Firebrand Iraq cleric warns US on Israel embassy move
Moving the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be a declaration of war on Islam, influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said Middle East -
Iraq’s al-Sadr seeks reforms for PMUs
The proposal aims to overcome all impediments that may hinder the objectives for which the militias units were formed Middle East -
Iraqi cleric Sadr rejecting violence against homosexuals ‘important step’
Moqtada al-Sadr says homosexuals still have the right to live Variety -
‘US and Israel destroyed the EU,’ claims Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
"The EU, with all its power, called on America and its spoiled son Israel to undermine the union" Variety