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In this November 12, 2010 file photo, Hezbollah fighters hold their party flags, as they parade during the opening of new cemetery for colleagues who died in fighting against Israel, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.AP Photo/Hussein Malla

Opinion: What is Hezbollah?

by Fouad Ajami | May 25, 2013 | Opinion

The controversy begins with the name Hezb Allah, Arabic for the Party of God. And the controversy is further deepened by what is implied by the name: the others, the ones who don’t belong to the movement of fire and brimstone, are Hezb al-Shaytan, the Party of Satan....

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Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)

Sadr Criticizes Maliki as Violence Escalates

by Hamza Mustafa | May 3, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sadrist Movement leader Moqtada Al-Sadr accused Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki of entrenching sectarianism in the country in a speech on Wednesday. In a speech at the opening of the second Fatima Zahra Conference for religious dialogue...

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Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)

Sadr–Maliki Political Crisis Heats Up

by Hamza Mustafa | Apr 11, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The political crisis that has erupted between Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki and the Sadrist Movement has escalated even further in the wake of controversy over amendments to Iraq’s contentious Justice and Accountability Act, a...