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NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The Najaf Felony Court sentenced a man to three separate six-year prison terms for impersonating members of the judicial authority, according to the media o…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — A misdemeanor court in Najaf has convicted the city's governorate official, Ali Kazim, and sentenced him to four months in simple imprisonment, according …
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — A broad security conference was held in Najaf to prepare for the commemoration of the Prophet Muhammad's death anniversary, with Iraqi Armed Forces Chief of…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The Central Nebevi Sharia Monitoring Committee said preparations are complete for a visit to the Imam Ali Shrine marking the anniversary of the death of Pro…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — A senior Iraqi Interior Ministry official, Hussein al-Awadi, chaired an extensive security conference at the Najaf Police Directorate headquarters on August…
NajafADEN, Yemen — Yemen's naval forces said Friday they intercepted a Houthi attack on a fuel tanker in the Red Sea, foiling a strike carried out with an explosives-laden boa…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Sadruddin Kabanji, a Friday prayer preacher in Najaf, said some Arab countries are attempting to overturn Iraq's political experience. In his sermon on Frid…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Shia National Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced the formation of a special committee to manage the Imam Ali pilgrimage visits in Najaf, held on th…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Border Guard Fifth Region commander, Maj. Gen. Rahim Younis Rahim, said the Saudi Arabian border has been the unit's main responsibility and that n…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — A criminal court in Najaf has sentenced a defendant to death after convicting him of drug trafficking and attempting to smuggle 2 kilograms of crystal nar…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — A traffic directorate employee was taken into custody in Najaf on allegations of sexual assault against a woman, a security source said on Thursday. The arr…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Najaf International Airport said it received 125,595 arriving passengers and recorded 88,653 departures during the first 19 days of the Islamic month of Saf…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — A traffic accident on the Najaf–Basra highway killed four pilgrims and injured four others on Wednesday, Iraqi security sources said. The crash occurred i…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of Iraq's Sadrist movement, announced the closure of his family's al-Sadat guesthouse in Najaf, saying the decision completes a tran…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The United States has directed its personnel in Iraq and the surrounding region to be ready for a potential evacuation or travel restrictions, citing securi…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Najaf International Airport recorded 553 arrivals and departures between 1 and 15 Safar, averaging roughly 36 flights a day to various destinations, the air…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — A security unit under the Najaf Police Directorate detained a deputy mayor of Baghdad's Dora municipality during an operation in the city on Thursday, Iraqi…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The governor of Najaf, Yusuf Kenawi, said Wednesday that a drilling site is being prepared for a new oil well at the Gurnin oil field in the province. He sa…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Najaf International Airport recorded a sharp rise in flight activity ahead of the Arbaeen pilgrimage commemorating the 40th day after Ashura, the airport ad…
NajafDAMASCUS, Syria — Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri, widely regarded as one of Iraq's most prominent poets, died on July 27, 1997, in Damascus at the age of 98 after decades spe…
