TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A warm and sincere welcome is being extended by Iraqis to the hundreds of thousands of Iranian nationals who are entering the Arab nation and traveling to the holy city of Karbala to ...

Dressed in black, 21 million pilgrims from around the world massed in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday for the Arbaeen commemoration, against the backdrop of a political crisis. Arbaeen marks the ...

KARBALA (Tasnim) – The Iraqi city of Karbala, where the holy shrine of the third Shiite imam -Imam Hussein (AS)- is located, is swarming with millions of devoted Muslims marking Arbaeen, known as the ...

A religious scholar had once remarked, ‘Karbala is like a colossal mountain. Every angle presents a different view holding the human conscience in ever increasing awe.’ Karbala is a phenomenon, ...

The Iraqi civil defense Thursday evacuated 100 people after a five-story hotel caught fire in the city of Karbala, the agency said in a statement carried by the Iraqi News Agency. “The guests, who are ...

Shiite Muslim pilgrims flaggelate themselves in a mourning ritual during Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein. Shiite Muslims ...

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 ...

Until the end of the year, the Tehran-Karbala passenger train will be in operation, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways has said. The train route was launched on a trial basis for three ...

DUBAI, May 2 (Reuters) - Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said on Sunday a refinery under construction in Karbala, south of Baghdad, should come on stream in September 2022. The state-run Iraqi ...

PESHAWAR: Bacha Khan Islamic Research Foundation (BKIRF) Monday organized ‘Karbala Martyrs (Shuhada-e-Karbala) Conference’ to pay tribute to Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his companions who rendered ...

Dressed in black, over 21 million pilgrims – swelled by a record influx of Iranians – converged on the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala to mark the annual Shiite festival Arbaeen. Arbaeen marks the end of ...