Iraq's Shia Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls on Syria's transitional government to stop being passive in the face of repeated ...

Maliki reportedly argued that proceeding with elections under the current circumstances would be tantamount to “political ...

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Iraq's Shia Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls on Syria's transitional government to stop being passive in the face of repeated ...

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 announced his withdrawal from ...

In Iraq, at least fifteen people were killed and scores injured in fierce clashes which erupted when influential Iraqi leader Muqtada Al-Sadr announced to quit politics. A mob consisting of a huge ...

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 ...

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Seven months of efforts to form a new government in Iraq were in turmoil Monday, a day after Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr directed members of parliament who are loyal to him to resign from the ...