Seven Anti-Corruption Activists Kidnapped In Baghdad
Armed men have kidnapped seven young Iraqi anti-corruption activists in central Baghdad, security sources and a civil society leader said ...
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Iraq’s Sadr Warns Assad Could Share Kadhafi’s Fate
Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he risked suffering the same fate as slain ...
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Sadr Urges Assad To Step Down
Influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, also calling on Washington ...
Iraq’s Sadr Threatens Boycott If Election Law Unchanged
Populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr told a demonstration in Baghdad on Friday that he would order a boycott of upcoming ...
Three Wounded By Gunfire As Iraq Forces Disperse Demo
Three people were wounded by gunfire as Iraqi forces dispersed a demonstration Tuesday by students who threw stones at the ...
Trump’s Defense Chief, In Iraq, Says
The U. S. military is not in Iraq "to seize anybody's oil", Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said, distancing himself from ...
Baghdad Blast ‘kills 18’ In Shia District of Sadr City
At least 18 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a predominantly Shia suburb of the Iraqi capital ...
Thousands In Iraq Pay Homage To Victims of Baghdad Protest
Thousands of Iraqis, mostly supporters of prominent cleric Moqtada Sadr, gathered in Baghdad Tuesday to pay their respects to seven ...
Baghdad’s Green Zone Hit By Rockets After Deadly Clashes
Several rockets have hit the high security Green Zone in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, hours after clashes at a protest left ...
Rockets Hit Baghdad Green Zone After Deadly Protest
Several rockets fired from inside Baghdad on Saturday struck the capital's fortified Green Zone area that houses most of Iraq's ...
Seven Killed As Baghdad Reform Protest Turns Violent
Seven people were killed in clashes that erupted in central Baghdad on Saturday between the security forces and protesters demanding ...