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    • Factbox-Iraq’s competing Shi’ite groups

      Factbox-Iraq’s competing Shi’ite groups

      Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Shi’ite Muslim political and paramilitary groups are escalating a tense political standoff which many Iraqis worry could lead to new...

    • Saudi-Iranian ties: A history of ups and downs

      Saudi-Iranian ties: A history of ups and downs

      Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year ago

      DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Tuesday, Saudi media reported, months after the two regional rivals...

    • Iraq's Sadr: from outlaw to top politician

      Iraq's Sadr: from outlaw to top politician

      Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      Populist Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, once a mercurial outlaw wanted dead or alive during the U.S. occupation, rose to become a political...

    • Nuri al-Maliki Fast Facts

      Nuri al-Maliki Fast Facts

      CNN via Yahoo News· 12 months ago

      Here’s a look at the life of Iraq’s former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Personal Birth date: July 1, 1950 Birth place: Hindiya, Iraq (some sources say...