Sadr aide released from US detention in Iraq
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A senior aide to rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has been released from US detention, an aide to Sadr, Sheikh Mahmoud Sudani, says.
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A top aide to firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said today that kidnappers who abducted and threatened to kill a US journalist had promised to set him free.
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27 September 2004 -- An Iranian diplomat was freed by his captors in Iraq today after spending more than a month as a hostage. Iran&#39;s Foreign Ministry confirmed that Faridoun Jahani, the Iranian consul in
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An Australian TV journalist has been released after being detained by unknown group in Baghdad last weekend, SBS Television said in a statement on Monday.
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The journalist was released after Moktada al-Sadr intervened, even as his Shiite militia engaged in heavy fighting in Najaf, Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. military released a senior aide to the rebellious Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr on Thursday, and Sadr aides said momentum was growing toward an agreement to disband the cleric's militia, which would halt a major element of the insurgency in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD - An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month was released by his captors on Monday but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened with beheading, remained unclear.
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A kidnapped American journalist was released Sunday after the intervention of the cleric Moktada al-Sadr, even as his Shiite militia engaged
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An American photographer abducted by  gunmen in Baghdad on Sunday has been freed and is safe, the  picture agency representing him said on Tuesday.
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Anti-American Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has left Iraq for Iran ahead of a security crackdown in Baghdad, a U.S. officials said Tuesday
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An Iraqi group has released U.S.  journalist Micah Garen whom it was holding hostage in Iraq,  Arab satellite television Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.
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The negotiator for the militant Shiite stronghold of Fallujah was freed from US custody today but refused to resume peace talks. Sheik Khaled al-Jumeili said they will remain suspended as a protest against
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An Iranian detained in northern Iraq more than three years ago has been released by U.S. authorities, Iran's ambassador said Wednesday.
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The US military has freed a top aide to rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in a gesture that could help the interim government&#39;s efforts to calm rebel-held strongholds before elections due in January.
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Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, made a dramatic return to Najaf on Thursday and swiftly won agreement from a rebel cleric and the government to end three weeks of fighting between his militia and US-Iraqi forces.
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Iraqi forces have captured a senior aide to al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the government said Monday.
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BAGHDAD: The US military freed a top aide to rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr on Thursday in a gesture that could help the interim governmentâs efforts to calm rebel-held strongholds before elections in January.