Virtually unknown before the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s government in 2003, Sadr has since emerged as one of the most important Shiite leaders in the country. Bolstered by a base of ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)-- At a time of uncertainty in Iraq, Shiite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim's final wish was for national unity, according to his son. Al-Hakim's eldest son, Ammar al-Hakim ...

"[Al-]Maliki reiterated a vision of Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish partnership, and in my one-on-one meeting with him, he impressed me as a leader who wanted to be strong but was having difficulty ...

The most senior Shiite religious leader in Iraq has called for the formation of an “effective government” to foster national unity and criticised "past mistakes" made by Prime Minister Nouri ...

“It’s a shameful matter for the government.” Baqir Haideri, a local Shiite leader, denounced the assault and said the death toll was likely to rise. He accused local authorities of not ...

T he leader of Lebanon's Shiite Muslim religious community shot back at US envoy Morgan Ortagus, who said on Friday that the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement should play no role in Lebanon's new ...

Within Iraq’s parliament, which is dominated by Shiite factions such as the Reform and Construction Bloc, which includes many leaders from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), there is also ...

Today, the Shiites are confident that those days ended with the fall of Saddam Hussein. “Everything is changing,” Adil Abdul Mehdi, a leader of a powerful Shiite party, told me cheerfully in ...

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Pro-Iranian militia leaders and politicians in Iraq have objected to a possible visit by Syria’s new transitional President ...