With the Islamic month of Muharram upon us, I wanted to take the opportunity to implore Muslims (and whomever might be interested) to check out some of the events happening in their municipalities on ...

NEAR KARBALA, Iraq – U.S. soldiers pushing toward Baghdad advanced through a gap west of Karbala on Wednesday after a night-long bombardment of the strategic city and the first major ground battle ...

More than a thousand years ago, a small group, including women and children, fearing bloodshed in the sanctified city of Makkah, began an arduous journey to Kufa – more a city of deception than a ...

They moved toward Karbala on foot from different directions and descended upon the shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) to commemorate the event. Along the routes, thousands of moukebs, or volunteer service ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of pilgrims are in the Iraqi city of Karbala for Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet ...

Fighters from the former Al-Nusra Front—renamed Fateh al-Sham Front after breaking from Al-Qaeda—south of Aleppo on August 6, 2016. October 10 marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala, which ...

While Gujarati 'Chhand' poetry has become synonymous with praise of local rulers and their bravery in battle, it also depicts the battle of Karbala and Imam Hussain's sacrifice. AHMEDABAD: While ...

KARBALA, Iraq—For almost a year, soldiers from the 37th Armored Regiment's 1st Battalion fixed schools, hunted insurgents and dodged roadside bombs in a relatively quiet section of Baghdad. Then, as ...

Aleem Maqbool joined pilgrims in Karbala for a rare look inside the mosque It is a privilege to do this work. I kept thinking that as we travelled along the road from Baghdad, to the city of Karbala.

US television networks are reporting what they say was a major battle between US and Iraqi forces outside Karbala, about half-way between An-Najaf and Baghdad. Estimates of Iraqi casualties ranged ...