Khabbaz, a Saudi Shia cleric in Iraq, faces pressure to leave after an old video criticising the late father of Muqtada ...

Muqtada – Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and The Struggle For Iraq. Patrick Cockburn. Scribner (Simon & Schuster), New York . 2008. An excellent work, Muqtada ends off right where current ...

Ebrahim Raisi, who died aged 63, rose through Iran’s theocracy from hardline prosecutor to uncompromising president, overseeing a crackdown on protests at home and pushing hard in nuclear talks ...

Asharq Al-Awsat spoke with Ambassador Hossam Zaki, Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League, amid meetings to prepare for the upcoming Arab Summit in Bahrain. Zaki is confident the summit will ...

ALBAWABA - According to local reports and after almost two years of failing to form a government, Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is laying the groundwork for a political comeback.

A once-dominant political force in Iraq, recently weakened Shiite cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr, allegedly intends to reclaim his seat atop the country’s governmental hierarchy, reportedly ...