Moqtada al-Sadr
Iraqi cleric calls for parliament session over Basra clashes
Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr called Thursday for "radical" solutions to a health crisis which has sparked mass rallies and left seven protesters dead this week.
As Iraqi protests turn deadly, what’s at stake for a new government?
Iraqi forces opened fire on Wednesday during fresh clashes with protestors in the southern city of Basra. FRANCE 24 spoke to Myriam Benraad, Assistant Professor of Political…
Rival Iraqi coalitions vie to form government
Rival Iraqi political factions said on Sunday they had each formed alliances capable of forming a government in the new parliament after months of political uncertainty following…
Iraq's Sadr named winner of May's election after recount
Nationalist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's alliance won Iraq's legislative election in May according to a manual recount, the electoral commission said Friday, paving the way for a…
Top Iraqi court rules in favour of election recount
Iraq's supreme court on Thursday ordered a manual recount of last month's legislative elections that resulted in a surprise victory for a populist Shiite cleric.
Iraqi ballot box storage site catches fire in Baghdad
A fire ripped through Iraq's biggest ballot warehouse on Sunday ahead of a vote recount prompted by allegations of fraud during legislative elections that saw a surprise victory…
The Debate
From Foe to Friend? The makeover of Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr
It's time to form a government now that Muqtada al-Sadr’s coalition has won the Iraqi election. The one-time archnemesis of US-led forces in Iraq fled to Iran after his sectarian…
Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's bloc wins Iraq election
A political bloc led by populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq, has won the country's…
Firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr ahead in Iraqi elections
An alliance spearheaded by nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr looked on course Monday for a surprise triumph at Iraq's first nationwide election since the defeat of the Islamic…
Iraq voters rebuke PM's party as rivals surge
The race to become Iraq's next prime minister appeared wide open Monday as two outsider alliances looked to be in the lead after the first elections since the defeat of the…
Shiite cleric Sadr takes lead in Iraq parliamentary election
The political coalition of influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took an early lead in Iraq's national elections in partial returns announced late Sunday by the Iraqi…