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

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

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(CNN)-- The fighting among Shiite militias and government troops in Basra is a glimpse of Iraq's future, and pivotal cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is in deep trouble, according to two CNN correspondents ...

Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr was a leading Iraqi Shiite cleric and political critic who opposed the secular Ba'athist government of the former Iraqi president. His opposition intensified following the ...

Iraq's government imposed a weekend curfew in Baghdad on Thursday amid clashes between government troops and Shiite militia fighters, and U.S. Embassy staff were told to remain indoors after days of ...

Iraq has sounded the alarm over escalating violence in Syria, warning of potential Alawite persecution and urging immediate ...

Iraqi former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has sent “secret messages” to head of the Sadrist movement influential cleric Moqtada al-Sadr about the possibility of him returning to political ...

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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 ...

El-Sadr still sees patients, who she says inspire most of her research, and often gives them her mobile phone number. She's been known to respond to their calls in the middle of the night, even if ...