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Clashes erupt after Iraqi Shiite cleric resigns, 15 dead
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn influential Shiite cleric announced Monday that he would resign from Iraqi politics, prompting...
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Urges More to Join Parliament Takeover
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- The influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr called on his supporters,...
Iraqi protesters storm parliament in Baghdad, set up sit-in
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric stormed into Iraq's parliament on Saturday,...
Unapologetic Shiite cleric blasts corruption in Iraq and Lebanon, and attempts to silence him
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA Lebanese Shiite cleric who has angered politicians and religious leaders in Lebanon and Iraq said...
Iraqi MPs elect new president amid threat of rocket fire
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIraqi lawmakers on Thursday elected former minister Abdul Latif Rashid as the country's next...
Will Iraq be the next Afghanistan?
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoViolent clashes between rival factions within Iraq's majority Shiite Muslim community left 23 people dead and hundreds more wounded this week. The mayhem...
Prominent Iraqi TikToker fatally shot in Baghdad amid crackdown on LGBTQ community
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA popular Iraqi TikTok personality was shot dead on Monday in Baghdad, an Iraqi security source told...
Turmoil in Iraq
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIraq. Illustrated | Getty Images Earlier this week, at least 30 people were killed in Baghdad during clashes between protesters who support the...
Threat of protests, violent escalation stirs fears in Iraq
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThousands gathered in Baghdad on Monday for a counter-rally called by Iran-backed groups against...
Protesters briefly storm the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad in protest over Quran burning
Associated Press via AOL· 11 months agoHundreds of followers of the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada Sadr...