Four killed, 90 injured in Baghdad Green Zone riotsAt least four people were killed and 90 injured among anti-corruption protesters who stormed Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Friday, hospital sources said on Saturday. Iraqi security forces used live and rubber bulle More… |
Iraq's Sadr may extend sit-in to demand reformsPowerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim leader Moqtada al-Sadr may extend a sit-in protest that his followers are holding in Baghdad to demand a government overhaul to fight corruption, local television said on Saturday. "The sit-i More… |
Maliki, Sadr reach alliance dealFollowers of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr are nearing a deal with Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki to form coalitions in Iraq's provinces following last month's election, officials said. Where the Sadrists and allies of the in More… |
Iraq agrees to truce with Sadr militiaIraq's government on Saturday agreed to a truce with the movement of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr to halt weeks of fighting in eastern Baghdad between Shi'ite militia and security forces, officials said. The truce could end violence that More… |
Sadr threatens 'open war' on Iraq govtShi'ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr has threatened an "open war" against the Iraqi government unless it halted a crackdown by Iraqi and US security forces on his followers. The spectre of a full-scale uprising by Sadr sharply raises the stakes More… |
Heavy fighting as Iraqi forces advance in BasraHeavy fighting broke out in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Saturday, where government forces seized a neighbourhood known as a stronghold of fighters loyal to anti-US Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr. The sound of heavy gunfire and expl More… |
Battles kill 13 in Sadr City, blockade easedUS and Iraqi forces killed at least 13 fighters in clashes and air strikes overnight in Baghdad's Sadr City, but eased a blockade on Saturday that had trapped residents in the battle zone slum for two weeks. Gunfire was still audible and s More… |
Battles kill 13 in Sadr City, blockade easedUS and Iraqi forces killed at least 13 fighters in clashes and air strikes overnight in Baghdad's Sadr City, but eased a blockade on Saturday that had trapped residents in the battle zone slum for two weeks. Gunfire was still audible and s More… |
Curfew in Najaf as Sadr aide shot deadIraqi police has imposed a curfew to prevent an outbreak of violence in the southern Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, after a senior aide to anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was shot dead on Friday. Police set up road blocks and drove throu More… |
Curfew in Najaf as Sadr aide shot deadIraqi police has imposed a curfew to prevent an outbreak of violence in the southern Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, after a senior aide to anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was shot dead on Friday. Police set up road blocks and drove throu More… |