Muqtada al-Sadr: A Way into the Arab World?
Shiite Leader Seeks to Return Iraq to its Arab Family Muqtada al-Sadr is a descendent of the religious Sadr dynasty,... ... contingent of troops in Iraq. This is why many were surprised when in August 2017 he visited Saudi Arabia, an ally of the United States. During his visit, he met with Crown Prince... ... have led to a “blurring” of the National Iraqi Alliance — the body that gave the Shiites a majority in the county’s decision-making process. The Sadrist Al-Ahrar Bloc...