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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hussein's very small army was surrounded at Karbala on the edge of the desert and he was killed in battle. His tomb, with a gilded dome and three minarets, is the central building in the city and a ...