and Imam Hussein (not pictured) in Iraq’s central holy city of Karbala [Mohammed Sawaf/AFP] Karbala, where Hussein and his brother Abbas are buried in two enormous mausoleums facing each other ...

Iraqi Shiites mark the month of Muharram in Karbala, Iraq, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Muharram commemorates the death of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Hussein Ibn Ali, who was killed during the ...

Millions of Shiite Muslims packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday on their annual pilgrim to mark the death of Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, who became a symbol of ...

The pilgrimage, marking the 40th day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), has seen not just a massive turnout but also a powerful display of unity and resistance. Pilgrims from countries like ...

One of the ways of marking Imam Hussein's memory and showing respect to him among Shias is to pay a visit (ziyarat) to his holy shrine which is located in Iraq's Karbala. Generally in Islam, ziyara or ...

On Saturday, the rhythmic sound of pilgrims pounding their chests and heads as they circled the Imam Hussein Shrine filled the air. One of the busiest points is the Iraq-Iran border crossing of ...

The party had previously been overthrown in Iraq in 2003 by the U.S. occupation ... to the Shiite sect's feeling of betrayal ...

While the man himself wouldn't be captured until December of that year, that moment came to symbolize the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. But the battle for Iraq had only just begun.

Following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime on April 9, 2003, many hoped that the status of women in Iraqi society would have improved more than it has over the past 20 years. However, Iraq ...