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KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Karbala Provincial Council unanimously approved a security plan covering the Arbaeen pilgrimage marking the 40th day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. …
KarbalaKERBALA, Iraq — The governor of Kerbala, Nasif al-Khatabi, has announced a five-day local holiday in the province to facilitate services for the millions of visitors arri…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The Karbala Agriculture Directorate has said that no shortages of essential food items are expected during the Arbaeen pilgrimage, with surplus local prod…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Two members of the Popular Mobilization Forces' (Hashd al-Shaabi) Logistics Support Directorate were briefly detained by Iraq's Internal Affairs Ministry'…
KarbalaDHI QAR, Iraq — Members of the Zuhra Husseini Brigade set out from the Nasir district of Dhi Qar province this week on their annual desert march toward Karbala, a religio…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Two members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) were detained on Friday after a dispute with local security forces over the hanging of…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — A senior military official from Iraqi Prime Minister's office visited Karbala to review preparations for the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Kirkuk. Lt. Gen. Abdul …
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Karbala Civil Defense Directorate said its crews reached a central bus station fire in the city within four minutes of being alerted, despite heavy tr…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Shia Muslims gathered on Wednesday evening in Karbala to mark the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba on the 7th of Safar, observed at t…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Lt. Gen. Qais al-Muhammadawi, deputy head of Iraq's Joint Operations Command and chairman of the Supreme Committee for Million-Pilgrim Visits, chaired a s…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The governor of Karbala, Nasif al-Khatabi, said security and service plans for the Arbaeen pilgrimage marking the 40th day after Ashura will be applied fl…
KarbalaKIRKUK, Iraq — Cultural figures in northern Iraq are marking the death anniversary of Sheikh Murad Zengi, a Kurdish religious scholar and poet regarded as a pioneer of Ku…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq reopened the Shalamshaji border crossing on Thursday to allow passenger crossings during the Arbaeen pilgrimage, Omar al-Waili, head of Iraq's Border…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The body of Iran's former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was brought to central Karbala following an official ceremony, according to reports from the Iraqi c…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The Karbala Governorate has declared a one-day public holiday for Thursday, suspending operations across all official government institutions. In a state…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Karbala, long regarded as one of Shia Islam's holiest cities for housing the shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas, is also the burial place of about 17 …
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — A planned funeral ceremony in Kerbela was delayed after large crowds of tribal members and citizens gathered along both sides of the Najaf-Kerbela road, s…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said the funeral convoy for Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will pass through the holy city of Karbala on Wed…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Traffic Directorate said 198,047 vehicles entered the holy city of Karbala during this year's Ashura pilgrimage, with no traffic accidents,…
KarbalaKERBALA, Iraq — The Media Monitoring Cell in Kerbala said its media plan for the 10th of Muharram Ashura pilgrimage was carried out successfully, with live coverage of th…
