On a hot Chicago Sunday afternoon, with temperatures reaching 90 degrees, more than 40,000 football fans cheered for Sgt. 1st ...

Iraq is gearing up for a critical test of the state’s political stability in November, with a number of internal and external ...

President George W. Bush imagined an Iraq that embraced democracy, eschewed terrorism, and thrived economically. He just got the timeline wrong.

Less than a year after declaring he had left Iraqi politics, the unpredictable Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has reminded his rivals of the influence he still wields after his supporters stormed ...

The demonstration was called by supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr, 48, an influential Shi'ite cleric who commands the loyalty of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.

Muqtada al-Sadr is a politically powerful Shia cleric who stands up to Iran and mesmerizes his Iraqi compatriots with his volatile persona.

Muqtada al-Sadr, the Muslim Shia cleric who dominated Iraqi politics for two decades, seems isolated for now after his move to step back from formal ...

On August 29, the Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced that he would withdraw from politics after months of failed attempts to form a new government. Thousands of supporters of the ...

At least 30 people were killed and hundreds more injured in Iraq after armed supporters of the powerful Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr clashed with security forces in the capital of Baghdad ...

Iraqi protesters clashed with police and security forces in Baghdad for two days this week following the resignation of cleric and party leader Muqtada al-Sadr, who called for a revolution and push… ...

Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his supporters to go home on Tuesday, 24 hours after his announcement of withdrawal from politics prompted his loyalists to rampage through the ...