Muqtada al-Sadr: A Way into the Arab World?

... those of Saudi Arabia and Iran. However, everyone understands that al-Sadr’s visit to Saudi Arabia does not mean he refuses to support influential forces in Iran. Despite... ... Sadrists for the “post-Islamic State” elections scheduled in Iraq for April 2018 is Muqtada al-Sadr’s 31-year-old nephew, Ahmed al-Sadr. Unlike many members of the Sadr... ... 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...