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In Baghdad's Sadr City, cleric's support underpins protests
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKhalil Ibrahim’s four sons are among thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric staging...
Baghdad gets make-over as repairs kindle guarded optimism
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLiving in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City suburb for the past 15 years, Khodr Abbas, 73, had to walk...
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Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn Baghdad's Sadr City, cleric's support underpins protests
A boycott call and security concerns mar Iraq's first provincial elections in a decade
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBaghdad’s streets were nearly empty on Monday, the main day of polling in the country’s first...
Once everywhere, Saddam's image scrubbed from Baghdad
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOf his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one Qaiss al-Sharaa most enjoys...
20 years after U.S. invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s a world away from the terror that followed the U.S. invasion 20 years ago. Iraq’s capital is...
Thousands of Muslims took to the streets to express outrage over Quran desecration in Sweden
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries Friday to express...
Influential Iraqi cleric launches anti-LGBTQ campaign
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoShiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr posted a statement on Twitter Wednesday calling for “believing men and...
'Extremely difficult': What would be Israel's objectives in an offensive into Gaza?
ABC News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSince Hamas launched deadly rocket barrages and a large-scale ground attack on an Israeli military...
Millions of Shiite Muslims across the world commemorate the mourning day of Ashoura
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMillions of Shiite Muslims in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world on Friday...