BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)-- Iraq's top Shiite religious leaders have told anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr not to disband his Mehdi Army, an al-Sadr spokesman said Monday amid fresh fighting in the ...

The clashes subsided after al-Sadr called for his followers to stand down, a pronouncement made Sunday after meetings with Iranian officials and Iraqi Shiite lawmakers in Iran. "I advise everyone ...

Muqtada – Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and The Struggle For Iraq. Patrick Cockburn. Scribner (Simon & Schuster), New York. 2008. An excellent work, Muqtada ends off right where current ...

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A relative and senior aide of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was killed Friday in the holy city of Najaf. The assassination threatens to raise tensions amid a violent standoff between al ...

In a highly significant moment for the global Shia community, Grand Ayatollah Abdullah Javadi Amoli held a landmark meeting ...

Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said he plans to float a proposal to parliament to criminalize the normalization of relations with Israel. "One of the main reasons that prompted me to have the ...

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 ...

President Trump is currently fielding accusations of corruption after being offered a $400m (€356m) jet by the Qatari royal family. While the US grapples with the ethics, we explain what’s in it for ...

formed a government in 2022 following contentious elections in which prominent Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr’s party won the most votes but failed to gain the required support to form a government.

The Coordination Framework, Iraq’s ruling bloc of Shiite political parties, has announced that its members will run on separate lists in Iraq’s November 2025 election and reform the alliance following ...

As Iraq prepares for general elections scheduled for later this year, the country’s political scene remains fraught with uncertainty about the future. The most prominent development so far in ...