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KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Al-Zawraa Sports Club's board of directors issued a statement Friday criticizing the performance of the referees during its match against Karbala. The Bag…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Karbala played out a 1-1 draw with visiting Al-Zawraa on Friday in the Iraqi Stars League, the result decided by an own goal deep into stoppage time. The …
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Kalibaf said Thursday that the peoples of Iran and Iraq would not allow the West to dictate their destiny or rem…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Galibaf met with Karbala Governor Nasif Jasim al-Hatibi in the Iraqi holy city, with Iran's Ambassador to Baghd…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces have arrested an Iranian national in connection with the killing of an Iraqi driver on the highway between Baghdad and Anbar provinc…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Civil Defense teams extinguished two separate fires in Baghdad and Karbala on the same day, with no casualties reported in either incident, authorities sa…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Karbala have arrested a suspect accused of assaulting a child in footage that circulated on social media, the provincial police directorate said…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Transport has completed return trips for visitors who came to Karbala for Arbaeen, the commemoration marking the fortieth day after Ash…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Kerbela Provincial Council has declared Wednesday, August 5, a local public holiday across the governorate. The decision applies to residents, service…
KarbalaNAJAF, Iraq — The governor of Najaf, Yusuf Kanavi, said the security plan drawn up for this year's Arbaeen commemorations has been fully implemented, with more than 17 mi…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Security Media Cell chief, Major General Saad Maan, said on Thursday that the return phase of this year's Ashura pilgrimage proceeded with high flu…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Imam Hussein Arbaeen Pilgrimage Coordination Center, affiliated with the Iraqi Armed Forces Chief of Staff, said 4,887,660 visitors have entered the c…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The secretary general of Iraq Hezbollah Brigades, Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi, said the group remains firmly committed to its weapons and will continue to dev…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The Arbaeen pilgrimage marking the 40th day after the killing of Imam Hussein in Karbala is drawing to a close, with Iraqi authorities reporting a steady …
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Millions of pilgrims converged on the holy city of Karbala to mark Arbaeen, the religious observance commemorating Imam Hussein, with many making the jour…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Security Media Cell said more than 4.4 million foreign visitors had entered the country for the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Karbala. The visitors crossed…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Media preparations for the Ashura commemoration marking the martyrdom of Imam Hussein have been completed, the Karbala Governorate's Director of Press and…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Millions of pilgrims have taken to the pedestrian route between Karbala and Najaf to mark Arbaeen, the 40-day mourning observance for Imam Hussein, footag…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Security Media Cell announced on Monday that vehicles arriving in Karbala from Baghdad have been rerouted during the ongoing Arbaeen pilgrimage to …
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — The commander of Iraq's Federal Police, Lt. Gen. Muhammad Qasim al-Fahd, said on Sunday that routes toward Karbala were secure for visitors, telling pilgr…
