BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered Thursday to help purge Iraqi security forces of militia members. But he also criticized the Iraqi government for denying that it sent ...

A top aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was released from jail Wednesday, a source in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri ...

Al-Maliki's order came a day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered to help purge militia members from Iraqi security forces. He criticized the government for denying ...

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A man with ties to a radical Shiite cleric is in U.S. custody in connection with an attack that killed five American soldiers ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday called on Iran to hand over members of fringe religious groups that call on its members ...

Iraq’s upcoming elections could mark a turning point in regional dynamics as Iran’s influence wanes with early signs of ...

The Iranian regime spent decades building the Axis of Resistance, a coalition of anti-Western militias that extended Tehran’s influence deep into the Arab world. But what takes years to build can ...

Sadr also emphasized that no individual or faction has the right to determine Iraq’s fate, stating, “The use and display of ...

This interconnection grew stronger in the 20th century, when figures like Imam Musa al-Sadr and Mustafa Chamran played key roles in reshaping Shiite political identity in Lebanon. Nasrallah himself ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Sadr’s own spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri, has long been based in Iran’s holy city of Qom. It was precisely such simplistic moralizing that set the stage for the 2003 ...