How tuk-tuks are saving lives in the Iraq protests But a source in Karbala told the BBC that one of the dead was a guard at a nearby Shia shrine who happened to be passing by. The source also said ...

Najaf is an ancient town. It was historically part of the Babylonian civilisation of Mesopotamia. It is said that many ...

Bashar al-Assad asked the leader of Iraq's paramilitary groups for reinforcements, but so far they are not prepared to fight ...

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Arba'een marks the 40th day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad and his companions in the deserts of Karbala in presently Iraq in 681 AD. Even as the authorities ...

Iraq has announced to restore the suspended visas of Pakistani Zaireen travelling to Karbala for Chehlum of Imam Hussain (RA). In a statement on Monday, Iraqi embassy in Islamabad also announced to ...

Once inside ... the Karbala raid. Under questioning, Daqduq said the operation resulted from direct support and training by the Quds Force. Daqduq was held by the U.S. military in Iraq for ...

Millions of Shiite Muslims packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday on their annual pilgrim to mark the death ...

Iraq's military warned against further US retaliation like this attack on an airport in Karbala Three service ... prompting retaliatory air strikes. Inside a US base hit by missiles in December ...