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 ...

Hotels fill up quickly in Karbala, which is unable to accommodate the millions of pilgrims who descend on the city of 700,000. Tents are erected to accommodate the overflow, and to supply shelter ...

The pilgrimage and the city of Karbala have been through many changes over a more than 1000-year-old history. This year, the pilgrimage and the holy city are faced with a new challenge: COVID-19 ...

Around October 10, 680, following his defeat at the Battle of Karbala, Husayn ibn Ali was beheaded by the Umayyad caliphate, and his followers and family were killed or enslaved. Husayn’s ...