by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 16, 2017 | Features
London – The public scene in both Iraq and Iran raises many question marks on the future of religious authority amid recent reports on the health conditions of Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and Ali al-Sistani, the most eminent...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 7, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Baghdad- A meeting was successfully held in Karbala after escalated conflicts among parties of the National Alliance, the largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament, mainly between Leader of Dawa Party, PM Haider al-Abadi and Leader of the Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 9, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Baghdad, London- Informed Iraqi sources said that an armed confrontation was about to start between Iraqi army, which is trained and supported by US, and Popular Mobilization Forces militia, which is supported by Iran, when leaders from the PMF refused to follow...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2015 | Middle East
Baghdad, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, on Friday called for the prosecution of the most senior officials suspected of corruption and for the retrieval of stolen state funds. Sistani, whose word...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 29, 2015 | Middle East
Baghdad, Reuters—Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi on Friday ordered security forces to ease access to Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone and main streets, in an apparent bid to improve daily life for ordinary Iraqis as the country braces for fresh protests. The...
