according to local climate group Green Karbala. Over the years, much of the rich agricultural land that used to surround Karbala city has disappeared, leaving no fertile soil to capture moisture ...

Shiites from Iraq, Iran and other countries were converging on the city of Karbala — site of the 7th ... Some waved black flags for mourning, others the green flag of Islam.

Despite the deployment of thousands of additional U.S. and Iraqi troops, bombers continue to get past checkpoints and even infiltrate the capital’s fortified Green Zone, where U.S. and Iraqi ...

Expressing religious freedom in a way banned under Saddam Hussein, nearly a million Shiites from around the world gathered in the streets of Karbala ... city. The men carry colored flags; green ...

The predominantly Shiite city of Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad ... Monday not far from the capital's heavily fortified Green Zone, shortly after Cheney arrived. Helicopter gunships circled ...

As millions of pilgrims descend on the Iraqi city of Karbala for an annual event called ... young families and respected elders unite under red, green, blue and black flags, bearing the faces ...

Two more Iraqi protesters have been killed in renewed clashes in the Shia holy city of Karbala, a flashpoint ... have been trying to reach the Green Zone that is located on the other side, which ...