The holy day is when Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The annual ...

Iraqi Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari arrived in Karbala on Saturday and held an extended meeting at the operations command headquarters with senior security and intelligence ... out attacks ...

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad ...

Tens of thousands of pilgrims arrived in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday ahead of Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet ...

Thousands of Shi'ite Muslims gathered in Karbala, Iraq on Sunday to mark Ashura — the most sacred day in the Shi'ite Islamic calendar — amid strict security measures across the city.

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad.

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad. Once bustling with pilgrims, the Sayyida Zeinab shrine area is now subdued, ...

TEHRAN – The interior ministers of Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan convened in Tehran on Monday for a trilateral summit focused on ...

Thousands of Shi'ite Muslims gathered in Karbala, Iraq on Sunday to mark Ashura - the most sacred day in the Shi'ite Islamic calendar - amid strict security measures across the city.