Iraq’s National Center for Quranic Sciences has held the seventh nationwide women’s Quran competition at the al-Askari (AS) Shrine in Samarra.

The crowds of visitors coming from inside and outside Iraq revived the eve of Friday at the shrine of Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas ...

The Syrian minority representatives urged the United States to maintain pressure on the new Syrian government, including ...

A senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution has congratulated the successful holding of the Iraqi parliamentary ...

Tens of thousands converged Friday on the streets of Baghdad to pay final respects to one of Iraq's top Shiite leaders. Security was tight for the funeral procession of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, who died ...

When Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gives an order, his supporters listen. On Tuesday, as many Iraqis lined up to cast ...

Millions of pilgrims were walking in the streets throughout the country Saturday in observance of Ashura, a four-day commemoration of an early Shiite martyr, a grandson of Mohamme ...

Urfa, formerly the Mesopotamian city of Edessa, is said to have been the birthplace of Abraham. Though archaeologists now ...

Airing on PBS, a new documentary tells the stories of Marines and soldiers in combat during 2004 operations to clear two ...

The Shrine Bowl all-star game pits top senior players from South Carolina against those from North Carolina. Dorman High School was the only school with two players named to the South Carolina roster.

A pilgrimage to St. Maron in the village of Brad, northwest of Aleppo, was organized by the Maronite Scouts and drew more ...