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          Moqtada Al Sadr

          Iraqi protesters block the road leading to the Shalamcheh border point between Iran and Iraq on September 2, 2018. Haidar Mohammed Ali / AFP

          Iraq's sovereignty must be protected

          EditorialSeptember 02, 2018
          Iraq Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi, speaks during a campaign rally in Baghdad,Iraq. AP

          Iraqi ministers face corruption probe

          August 09, 2018
          People shout slogans during a protest near the main provincial government building in Basra. Reuters

          Over 800 killed, wounded since south Iraq protests began

          July 23, 2018
          People gather at the site of an explosion in Baghdad's Sadr City district. Thaier Al-Sudani / Reuters

          Iraqis are living among a hidden arsenal that could explode

          July 04, 2018
          Iraqi Vice President and former Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq May 12, 2018. Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

          Iraq's former PM Nouri Al Maliki 'not welcome' in coalition

          June 14, 2018
          Iraqis gather at the explosion location at an arms depot in Baghdad's Sadr city, Iraq, 07 June 2018. At least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded after an arms depot belonging to Iraqi Shiite military group Saraya al-Salam exploded in the Sadr City district of the Iraqi capital late on 06 June 2018, security and medical sources said. Ahmed Ali / EPA

          Iraq orders arrests after blast in Sadr City

          June 13, 2018
          Moqtada Al Sadr met Iraq Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi on May 19, whose bloc made a surprisingly poor showing in the election, finishing third behind the Al Sadr and Al Amiri groupings. Iraqi Government via AP

          Moqtada Al Sadr says next Iraq government will be ‘inclusive’

          May 21, 2018
          An Iraqi voter has her biometric voting card checked with her fingerprint upon arriving at a poll station for the parliamentary elections in the northern multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk on May 12, 2018, Marwan Ibrahim / AFP

          PM Abadi describes Sadr's poll success as 'national entitlement'

          May 16, 2018
          Iraqis celebrate with a picture of Moqtada Al Sadr in Baghdad on May 14, 2018, as the Shiite cleric's alliance emerged as the leader in preliminary results from the general election. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP

          A bad day for Washington as Shiite cleric polls strongly in Iraq

          May 15, 2018
          A voter in the Sadr City district of Baghdad proudly holds up an ink-stained finger, the mark of casting his vote in the first Iraqi elections since the defeat of ISIS, on May 12, 2018. Wissm Al Okili / Reuters

          Iraq elections 2018: Live updates

          May 13, 2018
          Iraqi prime minister Haider Al Abadi is hoping to secure another term in the upcoming May general elections. Ludovic Marin / Pool / File Photo / Reuters

          Iraq: Abadi’s electoral alliance collapses after just one day

          January 15, 2018
          Masoud Barzani. Safin Hamed / AFP

          Barzani steps aside, but problems abound across the political spectrum

          CommentOctober 31, 2017
          A Flynas plane at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Fayez Nureldine / AFP

          Saudi carrier flynas launches first direct flight to Iraq in 27 years

          October 18, 2017
          Iraqi foreign minister Ibrahim Al Jaafari, seen here arriving to address the UN General Assembly in New York on September 23, 2017, met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, in Abu Dhabi on October 2. Eduardo Munoz / Reuters

          Iraqi foreign minister in UAE to seek help on rebuilding country

          October 03, 2017
          Iraqi Shiite politician Ammar Al Hakim alarmed Iran when he stepped down as leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq. Karim Kadim / AP Photo

          Prominent Iraqi Shiite clerics move out of Iran's shadow

          September 09, 2017
          Saudi border guards monitor cameras and radars on surveillance screens at the Arar regional command and control centre headquarters. AFP

          Saudi Arabia and Iraq to re-open Arar border crossing after 27 years

          August 15, 2017
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