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NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Gypsum factories in Najaf have not received their allocated fuel oil shipments since May, a representative for the plants said on Wednesday, warning that th…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Sheikh Mohsen Kumey, the representative of Iran's Supreme Leader, said Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei delivered a message of greeting and appreciation to the Ir…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Shia National Movement, issued a public invitation on Monday to a central commemoration marking the Prophet Muhammad's birthd…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Health announced that the country's health insurance law has gone into effect in Najaf, Karbala and Basra as part of a wider rollout pl…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The imam of Najaf's Friday prayer, Sayyid Sadruddin Kabancı, called during his sermon for Iraq's disarmament file to be handled through national will and ke…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf visited the Wadi al-Salam cemetery in Najaf on Friday with a delegation of Iranian lawmakers, saying the…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — A fire broke out on Thursday at an ice cream factory in the Aden neighborhood industrial zone in Najaf, according to local authorities. Firefighting teams w…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Intelligence and Federal Investigations Bureau said it has arrested a suspect in Najaf accused of selling banned drones, hidden cameras and trackin…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has deported more than 47,000 foreign nationals for violating the country's residency law since the beginning of 2025, the Interior Ministry said, as…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Shia National Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr called on Iran's Revolutionary Guards to stop using Iraqi territory as a target, responding to an Iranian dr…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The Najaf Provincial Council has unanimously approved 750 million dinars in support for the city's Cancer Diseases Center from the budget of Najaf Internati…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — A child was killed in a stabbing in the eastern part of Kufa district in Najaf, and the suspect has been taken into custody, a security source at the Najaf …
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The office of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has announced the start date of Rabi al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic Hijri calendar, based on Sistani's r…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s veterans’ football national team faced a Najaf veterans’ squad in a friendly match on September 25 in Baghdad as part of its preparations for the G…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Officials at the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf said five million visitors took part in commemoration events marking the death anniversary of Prophet Muhammad. In…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The Imam Ali Shrine Foundation in Najaf released a summary of services provided during commemorations marking the death anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad.…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The head of Najaf's Security Committee said all roads leading into the city center remain open to visitors, with only the area around the Imam Ali Shrine cl…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Iraq's Hajj and Umrah Authority chief Sheikh Sami al-Masoudi said the body has taken part in services for visitors who came to Najaf to mark the anniversary…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Iraq's Hajj and Umrah Authority has launched a free transportation service for visitors arriving in Najaf to mark the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad's …
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — A criminal court in Najaf has sentenced a man to 18 years in prison for forging identity documents to impersonate an employee of the office of the head of t…
