Al-Sadr’s party controls 70 of a total 329 parliamentary seats in Iraq and the movement has a large base across country. Muqtada al-Sadr remains one of Iraq’s most influential political figures and plays a pivotal role when it comes to the country’s future. He is currently considered the kingmaker, but …

Police said the ISIL attackers used several vehicles and semi-automatic guns in their attack. At least 11 people have been killed and others wounded in an ISIL (ISIS) attack on a village in Diyala province in eastern Iraq, according to the country’s security forces. The attack on Tuesday targeted “defenceless …

Speculation has been rife American forces would withdrawal from Syria after the Afghanistan pullout in an effort to end ‘forever wars’. The United States will not be withdrawing its roughly 900 troops from northeast Syria any time soon, despite mounting speculation it would do so following its much-maligned August pull-out …