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Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls on supporters to leave government quarter of Baghdad within one...
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoInfluential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has asked his supporters to stand down from Baghdad's...
At least 15 killed after supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr storm government palace
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoAt least 15 people have been killed in Iraq after protesters stormed the country's government palace...
Iraqi cleric al-Sadr demands closure of U.S. embassy over Israel ties
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoIraq's Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the Iraqi government and lawmakers on Friday to...
Iraq cleric's followers camped out in parliament for 2nd day
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoWith mattresses strewn about, food trucked in and protesters playacting as lawmakers, hundreds of...
Analysis-Iraqi cleric Sadr flexes muscle with torching of Swedish embassy
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoLess than a year after declaring he had left Iraqi politics, the unpredictable Shi'ite cleric...
In Baghdad's Sadr City, cleric's support underpins protests
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoKhalil Ibrahim’s four sons are among thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric staging...
Iraq top court says it can't dissolve parliament amid crisis
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoIraq's top court ruled Wednesday that it does not have the legal right to dissolve parliament, a...
Iraqis heed cleric's plea to leave streets after clashes
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoArmed supporters of a powerful Iraqi cleric who clashed with security forces in the capital began to...
4 militiamen killed in reprisal attacks in southern Iraq
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoFour militants were killed in reprisal attacks between rival Shiite militia groups in southern Iraq,...
No end to crisis as Iraq's PM ends second round of talks
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoIraq's caretaker prime minister convened a second round of talks Monday with Iraqi leaders aimed at...