For centuries, Karbala and its sister shrine city, Najaf, had been islands of Shiism, well connected to the international Shiite community but with few ties to the nomadic Bedouin tribes roaming ...

Muscat: In a move that reflects the deep fraternal relations and fruitful cooperation between the Sultanate of Oman and Iraq, ...

Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into ...

Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater reserves in ...

Auno Saarela, Finland’s ambassador to Iraq, recently visited the shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) in Karbala, where she shared her ...

Najaf (Iraq) (AFP) – Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater reserves in water-starved Iraq. He is just one of ...

In Najaf, desert farming has expanded significantly ... Religious institutions such as the Imam Hussein Shrine in the holy city of Karbala back the authorities and also support desert farming.