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Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim leader Muqtada al-Sadr speaks during a sit-in at the gates of Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone . Reuters.

Apologizing on Behalf of Supporters, Al-Sadr Visits Tehran

by Hamza Mustafa | May 4, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- An informed Iranian source, residing in Europe, revealed that the unexpected visit taken by the Iraqi Sadrist Movement leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, to Iran, two days ago, was made for the containment of repercussions to slogans raised by scores of Sadrists...

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Iraqi protesters amid the Liberation Square demonstrating against corruption and three premierships A.F.P

Gallows Erected in Baghdad Threatening Corrupt Officials

by Moed Fayad | Apr 20, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- Iraqi capital, Baghdad, is caught up in a roaming chaos of protests and demonstrations. Movements and banners put up, contradictory to each other, to the extent that the viewer no longer is able to track down who is protesting against whom. The people of...

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Haider al-Abadi and Qasem Soleimani

Iran Sends Soleimani to Baghdad to Support Al-Abadi’s Reform Plan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 23, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Baghdad- Iraqi official told Asharq Al-Awsat that Iran has delegated the Commander of Iran’s al-Quds Force and the responsible for the Iraqi file, Brigade Qasem Soleimani, to Baghdad in line with the political and economic reforms that the Iraqi Prime Minister...

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Ammar al-Hakim (L), leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr hold a news conference in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, May 8, 2013. (REUTERS/Haider Ala.)

Iraq: Sadr calls for new regional foreign policy

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 30, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Shi’ite leader Moqtada Al-Sadr called on Baghdad to pursue a new regional foreign policy with the formation of a new government led by Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi. “We must open up to the other countries [in the region] to...

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File photo of Ahmed Chalabi. (Reuters)

Iraqi Shi’a parties prepare to nominate Chalabi for PM

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 15, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi lawmakers elected a new speaker of parliament on Tuesday, as Shi’a political parties prepared to nominate candidates to replace Nuri Al-Maliki as prime minister. Iraqi state TV showed footage of MPs congratulating Sunni MP Salim...