A top aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was released from jail Wednesday, a source in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri ...

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The fiery religious leader has a loyal following in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood and other ... Sadr's populist base to advance its agenda in Iraq. "However, they don't want to see him get ...

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 ...

Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is calling for an anti-American protest in the Iraqi city of Najaf on April 9, the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. Al-Sadr's statement calling for a ...

More than 10 months on from elections, Iraq still has no government, new prime minister or new president, because of disagreement between factions over forming a coalition. Sadr wants parliament ...

Iraq's government imposed a weekend curfew in Baghdad on Thursday amid clashes between government troops and Shiite militia fighters, and U.S. Embassy staff were told to remain indoors after days of ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday called on Iran ... The groups allegedly have thousands of members across Iraq, believed to have been influenced ...

Iraq's National Security Agency said ... security in the port city of Basra and the central city of Najaf. He is accused of overseeing al-Sadr's detention and execution. After the 2003 fall ...