Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq's long-beleaguered Christian ...
The southern Iraqi city of Najaf is the center of the Shiite Muslim faith — the sect's equivalent of the Vatican. About a million pilgrims from Iraq and abroad go to Najaf every year to worship in its ...
The story of Iraq is written on the walls of the Prophet’s Street. Staring down on the crowds of Najaf are portraits of men killed under 35 years of Baath Party rule. They are clergy, their families ...
The president visited Kufa as well and offered Nawafil at Masjid-e-Kufa. He also paid respects at the house attributed to ...
The last U.S. brigade combat team departed Iraq on Aug. 18. While President Obama says 50,000 U.S. troops will remain there through December 2011 to train the Iraqi army, in reality the U.S. units are ...
President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday departed for Pakistan after conclusion of his official visit to Iraq. Dr Hussein ...
New York Times reporter Neil MacFarquhar reports from Najaf, Iraq following a deadly bombing that killed 75 people, including leading Shiite Muslim leader Mohammed Bakr al-Hakim. First, the blast that ...
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - With its sweeping highway, solar-powered street lights and plethora of hotels, the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf is a beacon for investment in Iraq, outshining other areas where ...
Pope Francis had a private, 45-minute meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, 90, a revered spiritual and highly influential leader of Shia Muslims, on the second day of his visit to Iraq. The ...
The funeral procession for Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani began Saturday in Baghdad, where he was killed a day earlier by a U.S. drone strike. The next stops for Soleimani’s body were the Iraqi ...
The company commanders had their maps, their orders and their rules of engagement. "As for the timeline, I'm going to ask you to remain flexible," said Army Maj. Doug Ollivant, who was running the pre ...