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Factbox: Lebanon's veteran parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLebanese Shi'ite Muslim politician Nabih Berri was reelected parliament speaker on Tuesday,...
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...
Clashes in Iraq's Basra kill four as crisis flares in oil-rich south
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Clashes among rival Shi'ite Muslim militants in the Iraqi city of Basra have...
Isis claims responsibility for deadly Afghanistan mosque shooting
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoIsis has claimed responsibility for the deadly shooting at a Shi’ite mosque in western Afghanistan’s...
Berri wins tight speaker vote in divided Lebanon parliament
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's new legislature narrowly elected veteran Shi'ite Muslim politician Nabih...
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...
NEWSMAKER-Iraq's Sadr: from outlaw to top politician
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoPopulist 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 kingmaker and Iraq's most powerful figure.
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...
Talks to end US-led coalition in Iraq may take until after US election, Iraqi official says
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTalks between the United States and Iraq on ending the U.S.-led military coalition in the country...
Sadr's followers set up for long sit-in at Iraq parliament
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSupporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr erected tents and prepared for an open-ended...