The Emirati Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that "the UAE is following with great concern and extreme anxiety the statements issued by the Republic of Iraq towards Bahrain and its leadership."

The Foreign Ministry expresses its condemnation of the statements made by Foreign Minister of Bahrain in reply to Moqtada Al-Sadr's statement, demanding Bahrain to officially apologize for the Bahraini Foreign Ministry's insults.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain has summoned the Deputy Charg� d'affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Nihad Rajab Askar.

The Prominent Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr called to stop war in Yemen, Syria and Bahrain and for UN intervention to organize fair elections in the three states.

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose political bloc came first in a May parliamentary election, said on Thursday he was scaling back his militia to strengthen the incoming government and its security forces.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Saturday their political blocs would enter into an alliance, bringing Iraq one step closer to forming a new government after an election marred by low turnout and fraud allegations.

Iraq�s Supreme Judicial Council has issued arrest warrants for 20 people accused of involvement in a blast that killed 18 people in the Baghdad stronghold of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose bloc won an election marred by fraud allegations, state TV reported.

Nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and Iranian-backed militia chief Hadi al-Amiri, who won first and second place respectively in Iraq�s May parliamentary election, announced on Tuesday an alliance between their political blocs.

Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for Iraqis to show unity rather than squabble over a possible rerun of the election his bloc won last month, in remarks that seemed aimed at defusing political tension after a storage site holding ballot boxes caught fire.

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Friday for a nationwide disarmament campaign and announced his Baghdad stronghold would be first to disarm just two days after an ammunitions cache exploded there and killed 18 people.

The United States has contacted members of a political bloc in Iraq led by a former foe, the Shi�ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, after his election win put him in a strong position to influence the formation of a new government, a top Sadr aide said.

The final results of Iraq's elections confirmed Saturday a breakthrough for nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr, who was in the lead, ahead of internationally favoured prime minister Haider al-Abadi.

A political bloc led by populist Shi�ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq, has won the country�s parliamentary election, the electoral commission said on Saturday.

Sayed Moqtada Mohammad Sadeq Al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist Movement in Iraq, demanding lifting the house arrest imposed on spiritual leader of Shia majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's visit to Saudi Arabia at the end of July signalled the Gulf Sunni powerhouse's ambition to distance its Iranian foe from policy-making in Baghdad.

The United Arab Emirates signalled its desire to strengthen ties with Iraq during weekend talks with influential Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr as part of efforts by Sunni nations of the Middle East to halt Iran's growing regional influence.