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The Iraqi government’s efforts to raise awareness on the dangers of narcotics and to curb drug trafficking are yet to yield effective solutions, as the country has been suffering from a wide spread of drug abuse and trafficking, since the ousting of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003. Well-informed officials said…

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U.S. Officials Worry As Crowds Invade Iraq’s Presidential Palace

Long a thorn in U.S.'s side, Muqtada al-Sadr sends his supporters to battle police and call for dissolving Iraq's government.

Zenger

Queen's reign saw British leave Mideast with a mixed legacy

The long reign of Queen Elizabeth II saw large swaths of the world cast off London's rule, but after her death, a handful of British-installed monarchies still endure in the Middle East

The Independent UK

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Albania cuts ties with Iran over cyberattacks targeting Paris-based dissidents

Albania has ended diplomatic ties with Iran and ordered all Iranian diplomats and embassy staff to leave the country within 24 hours. Prime Minister Edi Rama said the decision followed Iranian “cyberattacks”.

Radio France Internationale

How a 92-year-old cleric silently halted Iraq's slide back into war

When a pronouncement by a religious scholar in Iran drove Iraq to the brink of civil war last week, there was only one man who could stop it: a 92-year-old Iraqi Shi'ite cleric who proved once again he is the most powerful man in his country.

Reuters

Britain and the US… And the Round of Violence in Iraq

In contrast to its establishment by the British in the early twentieth century, the second effort to establish an Iraqi state, made this century by the US, was chaotic and not based on a vision for how to build it. There is an immense difference in scale between the two…

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Where does Iran stand on neighbouring Iraq’s political turmoil?

Al-Sadr appears to be in a weakened position after his latest withdrawal from politics led to clashes that left 30 dead.

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‘With the click of a finger’: Moqtada al-Sadr calls an end to Iraq’s wave of violence

Firebrand cleric shows off his political power by turning on and off violence

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What spurred the bloody armed clashes in Baghdad?

Iraq witnessed bloody street violence for nearly 24 hours spurred by loyalists of a powerful Shiite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, that was the culmination of a 10-month power struggle

The Independent UK

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urges supporters to withdraw from Baghdad's Green Zone, with dozens dead

Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr calls on followers to withdraw from Baghdad's Green Zone, after days of unrest.

ABC News

Who are the rival Shiite politicians vying to fill Iraq’s political vacuum?

Ten months after the October 2021 parliamentary elections, Iraq is still mired in a political impasse that turned deadly Monday after Moqtada al-Sadr announced his resignation from politics. Supporters of the powerful cleric clashed with followers of rival Shiite parties, plunging Iraq into a crisis that could draw in regional…

France 24

Nicholas Goldberg: Remember when we thought George W. Bush was the worst president ever?

Twenty years ago next month, President George W. Bush stood before the United Nations and warned that Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a "grave and gathering danger," setting the stage for an invasion six months later based on false premises about super-destructive weapons and purported connections to the 9/11 attacks.

Los Angeles Times

Iraq's Sadr: from outlaw to top politician

Populist Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, once a mercurial outlaw wanted dead or alive during the U.S. occupation, rose to become a political kingmaker and Iraq's most powerful figure.

Reuters

Lawrence Freedman: ‘Autocracies tend to make catastrophic decisions. That’s the case with Putin’

The military strategy expert and author of a new book on conflict says the flawed thinking behind Russia’s invasion stems from the inability of those at the top to take responsibility for mistakes

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Ali Saleh to Saddam: War is Happening... Goal is to Destroy the Iraqi Army

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Saddam Relative Arrested in Lebanon, Family Pleads Against Turning him over to Iraq

News broke out in Lebanon on Friday of the authorities’ arrest of Abdullah Yasser Sabawi al-Hassan, the grandson of Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, the step-brother of late Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein. Abdullah was arrested according to an Interpol arrest warrant that was requested by Iraq. He was detained in Lebanon on…

Salon

Is moral clarity possible in Trump's US?

What it means to dig deeply for moral clarity against the prevailing headwinds of disengagement and disinformation

France 24

Who are the Shiite politicians vying to rule Iraq amid its political impasse?

Majority-Shiite Iraq has been paralysed by political gridlock for nearly a year. Tensions are mounting between two powerful Shiite factions: one loyal to nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, on the one hand, and an alliance of pro-Iran interests led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on the other. FRANCE 24 looks…

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Sadr Calls for Saving Iraq from Occupation, Terrorism, Corruption

Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist Movement in Iraq, has unleashed a show of popular force driven by slogans of dissolving the parliament, holding early elections, and discrediting the legitimacy of authorities that took over the country after the ouster of President Saddam Hussein in 2003. While followers of…

Reuters

Followers of Iraq's Sadr pray at Saddam-era parade ground

Tens of thousands of followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr prayed on Friday at an iconic Baghdad military parade ground built by the late President Saddam Hussein, in yet another symbolic display of Sadr's sway over much of the Iraqi people.

The Independent UK

In Baghdad's Sadr City, cleric's support underpins protests

Residents of the impoverished Baghdad suburb of Sadr City say they they support an influential Shiite cleric who called on thousands of his followers to storm Iraq's parliament

Asharq Al-Awsat

Crisis in Iraq Tests its Stability and Iran’s Sway

A power struggle in Iraq between the Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and rivals aligned with Iran is testing Tehran's ability to stave off a conflict that could damage its interests and further destabilize the oil-rich country. With Sadr supporters camped out in parliament and his opponents protesting in the streets,…

Reuters

Analysis-Crisis in Iraq tests its stability and Iran's sway

A power struggle in Iraq between the Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and rivals aligned with Iran is testing Tehran's ability to stave off a conflict that could damage its interests and further destabilise the oil-rich country.

Reuters

Factbox-Iraq’s competing Shi’ite groups

Shi’ite Muslim political and paramilitary groups are escalating a tense political standoff which many Iraqis worry could lead to new conflict in the country.

Asharq Al-Awsat

What’s Driving the Power Struggle in Iraq?

A power struggle in Iraq between the influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and Iran-backed Shiite rivals has escalated with his supporters breaking into parliament and beginning an open-ended sit-in protest. The tussle over who gets to form the next government has deepened a fissure in the Shiite community that has…

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