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Iraqi Kurdistan is booming. It adopted a motto “the new Iraq” to differentiate itself from the rest of country, which many people—not without reason—associate with instability and violence. This past ...
News Iraq » Karbala » Politics: Why is Khamenei's funeral procession going through former enemy nation Iraq? Tehran to Karbala, every stop explained | WION Decodes
The Iranian holy city of Qom on Tuesday (July 7) was flooded by thousands of people on the fourth day of funeral procession of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The remains of Khamenei, who ...
News Iraq » Karbala » Politics: Arbaeen pilgrimage draws 22 million to Karbala amid Iraq-Iran tensions
Millions of Shiite Muslims marked the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq's holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, with the event unfolding amid regional tensions and fears of another round of escalation in ...
News Iraq » Karbala » Politics: Iraq parliament fills Cabinet posts, naming a US-sanctioned deputy prime minister
Iraq's parliament voted Thursday to appoint ministers to previously vacant Cabinet posts and complete the country's government - including a deputy prime minister who is under U.Laith ...
News Iraq » Karbala » Politics: Shiite Muslims join Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq amid fears of US-Iran escalation
BAGHDAD — Millions of Shiite Muslims observed the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage Tuesday in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, under the shadow of ongoing regional tensions and fears of another round of ...
News Iraq » Karbala » Politics: From battlefield to final resting journey: Ali Khamenei’s body could be taken to country Iran fought for eight years
New Delhi: The same Iraq that fought one of the fiercest wars with Iran for eight long years, a conflict that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and left generations in both countries bearing its ...
News Iraq » Karbala » Politics: Greetings from Karbala, Iraq, where millions gathered for a Shia pilgrimage
Hello from Karbala in central Iraq. Every year, more than 20 million Shia Muslims gather in this small city to commemorate Arbaeen, which took place earlier this month. It marks the killing of Imam ...
News Iraq » Karbala » Politics: Shiites Massacred in Iraq Blasts
BAGHDAD, March 2 -- Simultaneous suicide bombings ripped through dense crowds of Shiite Muslim worshipers in Baghdad and Karbala on Tuesday, killing at least 143 people and injuring more than 400 ...
News Iraq » Karbala » Politics: 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 ...