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Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sadr girds for political comeback
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPowerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is laying the groundwork for a political...
Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric al-sadr announces hunger strike - state media
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Reuters) - Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is said to have announced a hunger...
Deadly clashes rage in Baghdad in Shi'ite power struggle
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Heavy clashes erupted in Baghdad, killing almost 20 people on Monday, after...
Factbox-Who is the Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoProtesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on Thursday and set it on fire in protest against...
Supporters of Iraqi cleric Sadr storm Baghdad's Green Zone again
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Thousands of supporters of Shi'ite populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed...
Saudi-Iranian ties: A history of ups and downs
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Tuesday, Saudi media reported, months after the two regional rivals...
Iraqi judiciary to resume work amid political crisis fuelled by cleric Sadr
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraq's judiciary will resume its activities on Wednesday after powerful Shi'ite...
Landslide hits Shi'ite shrine in Iraq, killing at least four
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt least four people were killed after a landslide demolished a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in the central...
Historic Iraq-Iran railway link ready in 18 months -Iraq transport adviser
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIraq hopes to complete its first railway link with neighbouring Iran within 18 months, largely to...
Bomb blast in Kabul kills eight, injures more than 20
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKABUL (Reuters) -A bomb blast in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday...