With the assumption of power by Donald Trump, the prospects of the US tensions with the rivals and even the international ...

The call to arms was made by a statement issued by Iraq’s most revered Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and read on his behalf during a Friday prayers sermon in Kerbala. “People who are ...

Meanwhile, the country’s top cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, told the Iraqi state to take control of the militias’ weapons. But Iran fears that Israel’s attacks on its air-defences ...

The PMF was formed in 2014 after Iraq’s Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called for Iraqis to rise up and fight against the Islamic State. Tehran sent IRGC advisers, weapons and ...

Demands to disarm the self-organised Shia militias in Iraq have previously been made, including by Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, the country’s senior Shia cleric, but they have fallen ...

This was done as a competitor to the Universal Muslim Association of America, or UMAA, a Shiite Muslim group that follows the more moderate Iraqi cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani.

On Higher Shiite Authority Ali al-Sistani's statements two months ago on the need to limit the possession of arms to the state, al-Assadi said: “He was not referring to the resistance factions.” ...

The most probable scenarios are the death—whether accidental or natural—of a major Shia figure such as Maliki or Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani that would put questions of relative power ...

The announcement came after Pope Francis' meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, which Cardinal Miguel Ayuso has praised as an historic encounter. BAGHDAD: The announcement by Iraq's Prime ...