Iraq`s main Shiite alliance, which holds a parliamentary majority, endorsed on Saturday former prime minister and powerbroker ...

Maliki’s nomination sets stage for delicate talks on forming government amid US-Iran tensions and pressure over armed ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s ruling Shiite-led Coordination Framework on Thursday firmly rejected any attempt to use ...

Iraq’s ruling Shiite Coordination Framework on Saturday announced former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki as its candidate for the premiership, according to a bloc statement.

Foreign militias were also reportedly involved in the recent violent suppression of the mass protests in Iran that are feared ...

Shiite Muslims are commemorating Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith. The rift between Islam’s two main sects deepened after ...

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BAGHDAD — Thousands of Shiite pilgrims dressed in black marched on Saturday, heading on foot toward the golden twin-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the northwestern Baghdad district of ...

SAYYIDA ZEINAB, Syria (AP) — At the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, rituals of faith unfold: worshippers kneel in prayer, visitors raise their palms skyward or fervently murmur invocations as they press their ...