Al-Mahdi had been a controversial figure, politically and ideologically, since he took over the leadership from his father, Al-Seddiq Al-Mahdi, in 1961 until his death Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi wrote a ...

Imam Al-Mahdi fighetrs during the August 2004 standoff in Al-Najaf (AFP) Militiamen loyal to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have increasingly adopted a policing role in recent months. In both Baghdad ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Ten U.S. soldiers were killed over the weekend as armed groups avoiding Baghdad's security dragnet attacked with bombs and other weapons in cities and towns just outside the capital.

Al-Ubaydi (right) at a news conference in April 2007 (epa) An official spokesman for Shi'ite cleric and militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr has signaled a reluctance on al-Sadr's part to order his Imam ...

Over the centuries, the central Iraqi city of Samarra has attracted millions of Shia pilgrims from all over the Muslim world. They travel to the city to worship at the sacred tombs of Ali al-Hadi and ...