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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...
Hundreds of thousands gather for mass prayer in Baghdad
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHundreds of thousands of Iraqis heeded the call of an influential Shiite cleric to gather in a show...
A boycott call and security concerns mar Iraq's first provincial elections in a decade
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBaghdad’s streets were nearly empty on Monday, the main day of polling in the country’s first...
Iraq's Sadr: from outlaw to top politician
Reuters via Yahoo News· 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...
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Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn Baghdad's Sadr City, cleric's support underpins protests
Influential Iraqi cleric launches anti-LGBTQ campaign
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr posted a statement on Twitter Wednesday calling for “believing men and...
4 militiamen killed in reprisal attacks in southern Iraq
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFour militants were killed in reprisal attacks between rival Shiite militia groups in southern Iraq,...
Despite public anger, no progress in Iraq political deadlock
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD — Weeks after followers of an influential cleric stormed parliament, Iraq’s political crisis...
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...