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KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Mourning processions were held across central Karbala and around shrines this week to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein during the Islamic month o…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The Karbala Sports Club interim administration canceled its election congress on Saturday after no administrative board could be formed, the interim board…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Authorities in Karbala have declared Thursday a public holiday across official institutions to mark the 9th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islami…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — A 1,500-year-old church in the western desert of Karbala's Ayn al-Tamr district is awaiting restoration, Iraqi officials said, describing the site as one …
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The governor of Karbala and head of the provincial Higher Security Committee, Nasif Jasim al-Khattabi, held a meeting with the city's security commander, …
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Writer Jalal al-Hasanawi has reexamined the position of Imam Hussein at Karbala in an essay titled "The Hussein Revolution: From the Preservation of the M…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — A mourning procession reenacting the entry of Hussein's caravan into Karbala was held in the Iraqi city on the second day of Muharram, organized by the He…
KarbalaHALABJA, Iraq — A young girl from Karbala who disappeared during a visit to a waterfall in Halabja was found dead on Tuesday, nine days after she went missing, local auth…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The body of Ruqayye, a young girl whose remains were found on the Ahmed Awa plateau after a 10-day search, arrived in the Iraqi city of Karbala accompanie…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — A fire broke out on Thursday involving two electrical generators and a diesel fuel transport vehicle near the Elbager shopping center in the al-Amil neigh…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — The holy cities of Karbala and Najaf are accelerating security, service and tourism preparations ahead of the 10th day of Ashura, a peak day of Shia mourn…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Kataib Hezbollah's secretary-general, Abu Hussein al-Humaydawi, said in a written statement on Friday that the fighting has not ended and that a more dang…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — The body of a young girl identified as Ruqayya was recovered from a waterfall known as Zilm in Karbala after a 10-day search, local authorities said. The …
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The gold-plated banners atop the shrines of Imam Hussein and his brother Abbas in the Iraqi city of Karbala were lowered and replaced on Wednesday to mark…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of Iraq's Sadrist Movement, has warned against 21 "foreign" practices that have appeared at Husayni mourning ceremonies in Karbala…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah, arrived in Karbala on Tuesday to review preparations for the security plan coverin…
KarbalaHALABJA, Iraq — Civil defense teams in Halabja are searching for a child from Karbala who was swept away by floodwaters in the Zalm River, a spokesperson said on the thir…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Karbala's Directorate of Drug Affairs said two international drug traffickers were arrested and 10,000 Captagon pills were seized in an anti-narcotics ope…
KARBALA, Iraq — The Iraqi Interior Ministry's General Traffic Directorate reported 65 traffic accidents recorded during the first half of the year, with a significant con…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Karbela claimed a 1-0 away victory over Amana Baghdad on Monday, earning a crucial advantage in the first leg of their Stars League promotion play-off. Ah…
