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Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sadr girds for political comeback
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPowerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is laying the groundwork for a political...
In Albuquerque Murders, American Shi'ite Muslims See Old Divides They Hoped to Leave Behind
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“We never thought this hatred was going to follow us here to America because this is the place where...
Saudi-Iranian ties: A history of ups and downs
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoDUBAI (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
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...
Landslide hits Shi'ite shrine in Iraq, killing at least four
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt least four people were killed after a landslide demolished a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in the central...
Islamic State claims Iran shrine attack, Iran vows response
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDUBAI (Reuters) -The militant group Islamic State said it carried out an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim...
Historic Iraq-Iran railway link ready in 18 months -Iraq transport adviser
Reuters via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIraq hopes to complete its first railway link with neighbouring Iran within 18 months, largely to...
Iran rations euros as fights break out at foreign-exchange offices amid rial's plunge to record lows
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoFILE PHOTO: Iranian rial currency notes are seen at a market in the holy Shi'ite city of...
Iraqi cleric Sadr's supporters throng Baghdad streets in show of strength
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHundreds of thousands of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's followers thronged the streets of Baghdad on...
Iran president blames foreign enemies for wave of schoolgirl poisonings
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe so-far unexplained poison attacks at more than 30 schools in at least four cities started in...