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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 ...
News Iraq » Karbala » Events: Tight security in Iraq as Shiite pilgrims gather in Karbala for Ashoura commemoration
BAGHDAD (AP) — The holy day is when Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The annual pilgrimage is one of the largest religious events in the ...
News Iraq » Karbala » Events: 18 people have been killed in Iraq after a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims to Karbala overturned
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BAGHDAD (AP) — A bus carrying pilgrims to ...
News Iraq » Karbala » Events: Iraq's first industrial-scale solar plant opens in Karbala desert to tackle electricity crisis
KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Iraq is set to open the country’s first industrial-scale solar plant Sunday in a vast expanse of desert in Karbala province, southwest of Baghdad. It’s part of a new push by the ...