The Council of Representatives of Iraq, the country’s beleaguered parliament, will meet on Thursday to elect a new president, according to the office of Iraqi parliament speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi—a ...

BAGHDAD -- Muqtada al-Sadr is considering setting aside his political ambitions and restarting a full-scale fight against U.S.-led forces -- a worrisome shift that may reflect Iranian influence on the ...

In April 2004, as American troops in Iraq were fighting multiple insurgencies, U.S. officials announced a warrant for the arrest of Muqtada al-Sadr, a young, brash Shiite cleric who had bedeviled the ...

As General David Petraeus prepares this week's testimony to Congress, the Green Zone is under deadly rocket attack. But the Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has offered to disband his Mahdi Army if the ...

BAGHDAD - The two front-runners vying to become Iraq's next prime minister failed to get the support of an influential Shiite movement in results from a poll released Wednesday, further muddying the ...

Anti-American cleric blames Americans and their Iraqi allies. Picture of Riyadh al-Nouri, senior aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, is displayed during a funeral march in the Shiite holy ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr wants his followers to end their uprising against U.S. and Iraqi forces while he considers forming a political movement, senior al-Sadr officials said ...

BAGHDAD – A senior aide of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was assassinated Friday in the holy city of Najaf, officials said. Authorities immediately announced a citywide curfew and security ...

Muqtada al-Sadr The Shiite cleric's army is 60,000 strong, and his movement holds sway over large parts of southern Iraq. If he shifts away from politics, it could mean a full-scale fight against U.S.

Iraq is caught in the conflict between Washington and Tehran, with the Trump administration insisting that the next government disarm powerful Iran-backed militias. By Erika Solomon and Falih Hassan ...