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Powerful Iraqi cleric tells supporters to stand down after day of deadly violence in Baghdad
Middle East
August 30, 2022
Powerful Iraqi cleric tells supporters to stand down after day of deadly violence in Baghdad
Baghdad (CNN) – Baghdad was left reeling on Tuesday from some of the deadliest violence seen in the Iraqi capital…
Powerful Iraqi cleric announces withdrawal from politics, sparking protests in Baghdad’s Green Zone
Middle East
August 29, 2022
Powerful Iraqi cleric announces withdrawal from politics, sparking protests in Baghdad’s Green Zone
(CNN) – Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Monday that he was withdrawing from political life, triggering a…
Turkey orders 1,112 arrested over links to cleric Gulen
Middle East
February 12, 2019
Turkey orders 1,112 arrested over links to cleric Gulen
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey launched on Tuesday one of its largest operations against alleged supporters of the US-based Muslim cleric…
Senior cleric in Afghanistan’s top religious body killed
Middle East
November 24, 2018
Senior cleric in Afghanistan’s top religious body killed
KABUL (Reuters) – A leader of Afghanistan’s highest religious body was assassinated in Kabul on Saturday, a senior interior…
Bahrain’s Shia spiritual leader undergoes surgery, activists say
Middle East
December 8, 2017
Bahrain’s Shia spiritual leader undergoes surgery, activists say
Bahrain’s top Shia Muslim cleric underwent surgery on Friday, activists said, after he was hospitalised following months under virtual house…