Sources: Iran helped prod al-Sadr cease-fire
Iran was integral in persuading Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to halt attacks by his militia on Iraqi security forces, an Iraqi lawmaker said Monday. Haidar al-Abadi, a member of Prime Minister Nuri ...
Iraqi: 'I killed her with a machine gun'
"They forced me, and I killed her with a machine gun, sir," he says. The suspect, who is unshaven and appears to be in his 20s or 30s, was arrested by Iraq security forces after they retook most of ...
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Iraq’s Sadr to Boycott Elections, Says Doesn’t Want to Work with ‘Corrupt’ Figures
Baghdad: Head of Iraq’s Sadrist movement influential cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announced on Friday that he was boycotting the upcoming parliamentary elections, citing the involvement of “corrupt” figures ...
Ramadan TV Series Stokes Tensions Between Sunni and Shiite Muslims
The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has ...