Representatives of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr met Thursday with officials from his chief rival's party in an effort to cement a tenuous peace agreement the two signed in October after violent clashes between their followers. ...more

January 6, 2008

A car bomb killed nine people near Baghdad's medical district Sunday. It was the second major bomb in the Iraqi capital in three days after a recent lull in violence. ...more

November 26, 2007

The son and heir apparent of Iraq's top Shiite politician came out strongly Saturday in favor of autonomy for Iraq's religiously and ethnically divided regions, a potentially explosive issue on Iraq's already highly polarized political landscape. ...more

October 14, 2007

Two of Iraq's most powerful Shiite leaders agreed Saturday to end a bitter rivalry in a bid to end months of armed clashes and assassinations in the oil-rich south that have threatened to spread into a wider conflict. ...more

October 7, 2007