Some say a sense of oppression and threat is fundamental in Shiite Islam. On Ashura, Shiites reenact the “martyrdom of Hussein.” Near the battle site in Karbala, they reenact the burning of ...

In Karbala, Army investigators drew up two lists of suspects. The first list, comprising about 40 names, read like a Who’s Who of local Shi’ite militants, mostly from the Mahdi Army.

Every year, millions of pilgrims descend on the central Iraqi city of Karbala to commemorate the Shiite holiday of Arbaeen, one of the largest organized gatherings in the world.

This has impacted Karbala in particular, says Gilgawi, which is already located in a hot plane area of Iraq, and has seen temperatures increase by 1.6°C (2.88°F) from 1979 to 2019, well above ...

A local news source in the province of Karbala reported that a massive fire broke out in a commercial center in Bab Al Khan Area, the holy shrine city of Karbala. Civil defense teams were dispatched ...

KARBALA, Iraq (CNN) -- Attackers who killed five U.S. troops at a government building in Karbala posed as U.S. military officials to get past Iraqi guards, a Karbala police spokesman said. The ...

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