Iraq has firmly rejected efforts by the United States to dismantle the Hashd al-Shaabi, also known as the Popular ...

Spread the loveIntroduction Najaf, one of Iraq’s holiest cities, is a center of Shia Islamic culture and learning. Known for ...

Sources have told the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar that Iraq's prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani opposed ...

A forum in Najaf, south of Baghdad, brought together Kurds and Shiites to discuss strengthening ties between the two groups ...

Events in Syria have been creating shockwaves in neighbouring Iraq, which itself may be at a dangerous crossroads ...

The skies will be mostly clear. The low will be 5°. Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalised to the standard atmospheric pressure of 1,013.25 mb (29.9212 inHg ...

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Iraq’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Safia Al-Suhail, the Governor of Najaf, Youssef Kannawi, and a number of officials in the governorate. The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr ...

Bashar al-Assad asked the leader of Iraq's paramilitary groups for reinforcements, but so far they are not prepared to fight ...