Iraq: Four killed as rival Shia groups clash in Basra ...Kuwait

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Four people were killed in clashes among rival Shia Muslim militants in the southern Iraqi city of Basra that took place overnight and on Thursday morning, local security officials said. It was the latest violence to hit the country in a political crisis that pits followers of the powerful Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr against mostly Iran-aligned parties and paramilitary groups. The security officials said the clashes took place in the centre of Basra, Iraq's main oil-producing hub. Two of those killed were members of Sadr's Peace Brigades militia, they said. Violence re-erupted in Iraq this week as armed supporters of Sadr fought with security forces and Iran-aligned

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