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Moqtada Al Sadr

Read the latest news about the Iraqi Shiite cleric and political figure

Moqtada Al Sadr has claimed that the 'Quran was altered about 500 years ago'. Reuters

Moqtada Al Sadr sparks controversary over Quran alteration comments

MENAMarch 24, 2025
Iraqi protesters gathered in Baghdad on October 1 to mark the third anniversary of anti-government demonstrations. Reuters
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Britain urged to use leverage power to challenge Iraq’s political elite

UKOctober 09, 2022
Demonstrators face security forces during protests in Tahrir Square as anti-government protesters try to enter the Green Zone in Baghdad. EPA
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Iraqi Parliament to resume sessions amid tight security measures

IraqSeptember 28, 2022
Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi during an interview with Mina Al-Oraibi, Editor-in-Chief of 'The National', in New York. Photo: Iraq's Prime Minister's Media Office

Elections are our path out of political impasse, Iraqi prime minister says

IraqSeptember 22, 2022
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi at a meeting with US President Joe Biden in July, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. AP

Iran-backed parties in Iraq divided over caretaker PM

IraqSeptember 20, 2022
A protest placard which reads 'Parliament dissolution is our demand' is raised behind security officers at an anti-government demonstration in Baghdad. AFP

Meeting set up to end Iraq’s political impasse

IraqSeptember 13, 2022
Barbara Leaf meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi in Baghdad. Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister's Office

Barbara Leaf emphasises resolving disputes between Iraq and Kurds on regional trip

USSeptember 07, 2022
Judge Jassim Mohammed Aboud, head of the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court. EPA

Iraq's top court dismisses request to dissolve parliament

IraqSeptember 07, 2022
Security forces guarding the local headquarters of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission in the southern city of Basra last year. AFP

Iraq sends security forces to Basra to maintain calm

IraqSeptember 01, 2022
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi spoke with US President Joe Biden following violence that left at least 30 people dead. Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office

Biden and Iraqi PM Al Kadhimi discuss Baghdad unrest

USAugust 31, 2022
Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr take to the streets of Nasiriyah against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister this summer. AFP

Who is Iraq's Moqtada Al Sadr? The cleric who took Baghdad to the brink of war

MENAAugust 31, 2022
Armed men loyal to Moqtada Al Sadr in Baghdad. EPA

Saving Iraq from violent political collapse

EditorialAugust 31, 2022
Moqtada Al Sadr gives a speech criticising violence on the streets of Baghdad from his home in Najaf. AP

Al Sadr praised for calls to de-escalate violence after clashes

IraqAugust 30, 2022
Fighters of the Peace Brigades, who support cleric Moqtada Al Sadr, fire their weapons during clashes with Iraqi government forces near the Green Zone, in Baghdad, on Tuesday. Reuters
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Iraq militias could push country into prolonged conflict

IraqAugust 30, 2022
Supporters of Moqtada Al Sadr gather during clashes with the Iraqi security forces near the Green Zone in Baghdad. Reuters
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Iraqi protesters withdraw after Al Sadr orders them off streets

IraqAugust 30, 2022
A supporter of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr carries bullet casings and a spent shotgun shell in the capital Baghdad's Green Zone, on August 29, 2022. - Dozens of angry supporters of the powerful cleric stormed the Republican Palace, a ceremonial building in the fortified Green Zone, a security source said, shortly after Sadr said he was quitting politics. The army has announced a Baghdad-wide curfew to start from 3:30 pm (1230 GMT). (Photo by Ahmad Al-rubaye / AFP)
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Baghdad deaths rise after Al Sadr loyalists storm palace

IraqAugust 29, 2022
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