Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the second year, large crowds gathered in Kerbala for Ashura's Tuwairij run. Pilgrims poured into the shrine of Imam Hussein, ...

Over 2 million people are expected to make their way to the Holy City by Tuesday. The circulation of vehicles is banned to avoid possible car bombs. Check points, body checks and house by house ...

KERBALA, Iraq – In September, a senior Iranian commander made an unannounced visit to one of Shi’ite Islam’s holiest sites in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala. Hassan Pelarak, a top officer in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAGHDAD, Sept 10 (Reuters) - At least 31 people died and another 100 were wounded on Tuesday during the Shi'ite Muslim religious ...

HILLA, IRAQ: A woman detonated her explosive belt in a market east of the Shia holy city of Kerbala on Friday, killing at least 30 and wounding 35, Iraqi security sources said. Islamic State claimed ...

Since its birth after WWI, Iraq has been a divided state. Kurds in the north have consistently fought militarily and politically for more power in Baghdad, as well as more autonomy and independence ...

Kerbala, the holiest site of all Shia cities, was crowded and surprisingly calm today as thousands of people, including hundreds of pilgrims from around the world, attended Friday midday prayers. I ...

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BAGHDAD: At least five people were killed and 10 others wounded on Tuesday when a car blew up in the holy city of Kerbala south of Baghdad, an Iraqi security officer said. The bombing comes as Muslims ...

A pause in the American and British advance on Baghdad appeared to be over early this morning when US forces unleashed a fierce ground attack on the Iraqi Republican Guard near Kerbala, in the south, ...

KERBALA, Iraq (REUTERS) - A motorcycle gunman shot dead an Iraqi novelist close to his house in the holy Shi'ite Muslim city of Kerbala on Saturday, police and witnesses said. Alaa Mashzoub, 50, was ...