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EXPLAINER: What's behind the storming of Iraq's parliament?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe followers of the influential populist Shiite cleric came by the thousands to storm Iraq's...
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...
Explainer-Iraq's competing Shi'ite armed factions and parties
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) - A visit by the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force to Baghdad has led to a...
Iraqi cleric calls for dissolution of parliament, early vote
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoInfluential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told followers Wednesday to continue their sit-in inside...
Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush has one regret
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo decades after the U.S. led the invasion of Iraq, one of the most memorable moments for many in...
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,...
On This Day, April 22: World leaders sign Paris Agreement on climate change
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSecretary of State John Kerry kisses his granddaughter, Isabelle Dobbs Higginson, after he signs the...
Iraqi cleric shows power as thousands attend mass prayer
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTens of thousands of Iraqis attended a mass prayer in a Baghdad suburb on Friday called for by an...
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...
Deadlock gives Iraq record run without government, hampering reforms
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraq marked its longest post-election deadlock on Wednesday as infighting among...