Karbala and Najaf, two central Iraqi cities that coalition forces reached by Monday, are the holiest sites of Shiite Islam and important to all Muslims. If battles do break out at either location ...

The supreme Shiite ayatollah in Iraq demanded that both U.S. troops and militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr leave the Shiite holy cities.

The holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, located deep in the Shia heartland of southern Iraq, traditionally opposed the secularist Baathist rulers in Baghdad. They are home to some of the most ...

Iraqi medical sources said about 48 Iraqi civilians were killed and another 90 wounded in the car-bombing in Najaf, while the explosion that rocked Karbala killed 16 Iraqi civilians and wounded ...

Without overthinking, I contacted Mustafa Naqvi, who organises tours to Iraq ... school and visiting the holy sites in Karbala and Najaf. To this day, both my parents agree that they had the ...