KARBALA, Iraq — It is the most impassioned day of the year for Shiite Muslims — Ashoura, when one of the faith's most revered figures, Imam Hussein, was martyred in battle. Hundreds of thousands of ...

In this Sunday, March 22, 2015 photo, Iraqi security forces descend along the al-Malwiya minaret at the Al-Mutawakkil Mosque in Samarra, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The rapidly ...

(Adds Sistani's call for restraint) By Mariam Karouny BAGHDAD, June 13 (Reuters) - Suspected al Qaeda militants blew up two minarets of a revered Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra on ...

Iraqi workers restore the shrine of the the 10th century Jewish Rabbi Isaac Gaon in central Baghdad's al-Kifah neighborhood — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE In a vibrant Baghdad district, labourers are working ...

SAMARRA, Iraq — It was the bombing of a revered Shiite shrine here that pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war, bloodshed that has left tens of thousands dead and this ancient city in ruins. But ...

Every year, Maher al-Rubaye would marvel at the gold-leaf walls of Iraq's Imam Ali mausoleum. He still visits the shrine today -- through a screen from his living room. The spread of the new ...

KARBALA, Iraq - Simultaneous explosions ripped through crowds of worshippers today at Shiite Muslim shrines in Baghdad and the city of Karbala, killing at least 143 people on the holiest day of the ...

Three suicide bombers disguised in military uniforms infiltrated a mausoleum, the Iraqi authorities said, killing at least 36 people and wounding 40. By Omar Al-Jawoshy The detention of a woman said ...

SAMARRA, Iraq — Insurgents posing as police destroyed the golden dome of one of Iraq's holiest Shiite shrines Wednesday, setting off an unprecedented spasm of sectarian violence. Angry crowds thronged ...

SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A ring of scaffolding around charred bricks is all that now stands in place of the golden dome that adorned one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines. Militants bombed the ...

The Askiriya Shrine in Iraq, badly damaged by a bomb, is a holy site for Shiite Muslims. Yitzhak Nakash, professor of Middle East History at Brandeis University, tells Alex Chadwick about the mosque's ...