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 27, 2015 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi is facing a “mutiny” from within Shi’ite circles in the country over his recent crackdown on government corruption, an informed source said on Saturday. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat via telephone, the...
by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 29, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Shi’ite leader Moqtada Al-Sadr has prohibited his supporters from engaging in confrontations with Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq, a Shi’ite group that had splintered from the Sadr Movement, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. In a statement issued in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 24, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—One day after the announcement by Moqtada Al-Sadr of ending his self-imposed exile from politics, arguments erupted between the Sadr Movement and the Ahl Al-Haq (The Righteous) group, which is led by Qais Al-Khaz’ali, which broke away from the...
