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After three weeks of destructive fighting, the US military claims to have re-taken control of the city of Karbala from the Iraqi resistance fighters being led by Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants unleashed attacks on Iraq’s majority Shiite community on Monday, killing at least 33 people, the latest in relentless assaults that have challenged the Shiite-led government ...

KARBALA, Iraq — Multiple explosions killed at least 52 people, injured dozens and sent worshipers scrambling for cover this morning here and in Baghdad in an apparently coordinated attack during the ...

Clashes between rival Shia militias erupted on Monday night and continued yesterday in the Shia holy city of Karbala, days after Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of one of the groups, declared the formation of ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Each year, the largest contemporary Muslim pilgrimage takes place in Iraq to remember Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. Before the pandemic, this event reportedly drew ...