Tag: Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

Iraq: Abadi backs down on new Prime Minister Term

September 14, 2018 KanelkaTagba

Care-taking Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Thursday indicated that he would not seek a new term in office after he lost the support of the country’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. “We respect and obey the instructions of the religious Read more

Headlines, World NewsAyatollah Ali al-Sistani, Baghdad, Haider al-Abadi, Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, Saddam Hussein

Iraq: PM sends 36 military home despite ongoing war

November 13, 2014 Jaber Ali

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has removed 26 military officers from their posts, sending 10 others to retirement due to incompetency, lack of integrity and courage. He has also named 18 new commanders. The announcement came after Iraq’s most influential Shi’ite Read more

Headlines, World NewsAyatollah Ali al-Sistani, Haider al-Abadi, Iraq, Islamic State, Nouri al-Maliki, Shiite, United States