Sadr had urged his followers to remain calm after the explosion and ordered his office to investigate...
Winning the largest number of seats does not automatically guarantee that Sadr will be able to hand-pick...
Sadr rose to prominence in the wake of the US invasion, when his militia fought a bloody insurgency against...
After years on the sidelines, he has now reinvented himself as a crusading champion of the poor who has...
Sadr has reinvented himself as an anti-graft crusader after rising to prominence as a powerful militia...
There was no immediate claim of responsibility
In a statement welcoming the offensive, the US-led coalition said approximately 1,500 Islamic State fighters...
Final results released on Wednesday showed nearly 93% in favour of independence, and 7.3% against.
Voters were asked to say 'yes' or 'no' to the question: Do you want the Kurdistan Region and Kurdistani...
The referendum is held despite intense international pressure on Barzani to call it off, amid fears that...
Hundreds of jihadists started leaving the area on Monday, heading by bus for Syria's eastern province...
The fall of Mosul effectively marks the end of the Iraqi half of the Islamic State caliphate
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Thursday the offensive against Islamic State in Mosul was...
"He is insulting me personally. You are not my interlocutor, you are not at my level," Erdogan told a...
Turkey says it deployed troops to a base in northern Iraq late last year as part of an international...
