The Saudi Al Hadath network reported that the funeral for the late Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, who was eliminated in September, will be held on February 23rd.

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With more than half the votes counted, firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who is leading a coalition of groups including his own Istiqama (Integrity) party as well as secularist and ...

His predecessor Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an air attack ... He was a disciple of Imam Musa Al Sadr, an eminent Lebanese Shiite cleric who disappeared in Libya in 1978, just after meeting ...

Al-Husainy also attended a 2006 “pro-Hezbollah rally” in Dearborn, during which he allegedly held a photo of then-Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on stage, according to the Islam watchdog.

Moqtada al-Sadr, a firebrand Shia cleric with millions of followers, announced his decision on Twitter. Several people were reported killed in clashes after his supporters stormed the presidential ...

2 years ago Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Muqtada Sadr raise a portrait of their leader (Photo: AFP). ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Followers of the powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr are set to hold ...

Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr returned to Iraq on Wednesday after having spent years in exile in Iran and after his faction signed an agreement whereby it becomes a member of the new government.

Iraq's October 10 elections reinforced the parliamentary strength of mercurial Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr ... Hasan said. There would also be an agreement "on certain 'principles' for reform, ...