by Dalshad Abdullah | Apr 23, 2017 | Middle East
Irbil – A delegation from the Iraq’s Sadr Movement kicked off on Saturday an official visit to the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Headed by Ahmed al-Sadr, son of the movement’s leader Moqtada, the delegation was welcomed in Irbil by President Masoud al-Barzani. The...
by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 1, 2013 | Middle East
Bagdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least one person was killed on Saturday in Zaafaraniya, a neighborhood in southeast Baghdad, after clashes between a pro-Sadrist militia and a militant group that has split away from it. Security sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that 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 Ma'ad Fayad | Oct 14, 2013 | Middle East
Najaf, Asharq Al-Awsat—In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat the head of Shi’ite Sadr Movement Moqtada Al-Sadr said that Iraq is ruled by terrorism, and predicted that the situation will worsen in the near future. “Iraq today is at the height of danger and...
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...
