On the C-SPAN Networks: Abdul Aziz al-Hakim is a Leader for the United Iraqi Alliance with five videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2004 News Conference as a Member for the ...

Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim held together Iraq's biggest Shiite political party as the ultimate middleman: maintaining his deep ties with Iran and cultivating his new alliances of necessity with America.

Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, who channeled rising Shiite Muslim power after the fall of Saddam Hussein to become one of Iraq's most influential politicians and maintained ties with both the U.S. and Iran, ...

BAGHDAD (AP) Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the scion of a revered clerical family who channeled rising Shiite Muslim power after the fall of Saddam Hussein to become one of Iraq's most influential politicians, ...

(Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, one of the most influential religious and political figures in majority Shi'ite Iraq, died on Wednesday of cancer. Following are some facts ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. One of Iraq's main Shi'ite Muslim parties on Tuesday appointed the son of its leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim as his successor after his ...

The head of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim said on Sunday that DNA tests had confirmed that a suspect detained in Iraq was ousted President Saddam Hussein. Subscribe to ...

When Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim succumbed to lung cancer on Aug. 26, his death could have left Iraq’s largest Shi’ite political party in turmoil — if it weren’t ...

If Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim does push to expand Iran's influence in Iraq, he will deeply unsettle at least one of Iraq's neighbors, Saudi Arabia. For more on this, we turn to Youssef Ibrahim, a longtime ...