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The coffin of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is carried by mourners to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, on July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/ Anmar Khalil)
July 8, 2026, 9:50 pm
Masses gather in Iraq’s holy Shiite cities as Khamenei funeral frenzy crosses border
Slain leader’s body brought to Najaf and Karbala, where vast crowds of Iraqis pay tribute to man ‘who cannot even be described’; Iran shows new footage from strike that killed him
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Iraqi soldiers, wearing protective face-masks and gloves, man a checkpoint at the entrance of Baghdad's eastern Sadr City suburb as the country tries to stem the spread of the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, March 28, 2020. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)
March 30, 2020, 12:46 pm
In Iraq, no resting place for coronavirus dead
Many local leaders and tribesmen fear burying victims could spread disease to their own communities and are sending bodies back to morgues
By Ammar Karim
Iraqi demonstrators set tires ablaze near the wall surrounding the Iranian consulate in the city of Karbala, south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the night of November 3, 2019. (Mohammed SAWAF / AFP)
November 4, 2019, 11:19 am
3 Iraqis shot dead during protest outside Iran consulate
Health officials in Karbala say security forces used live ammunition to disperse angry demonstrators who attempted to torch Tehran’s diplomatic mission in Iraqi holy city
By AFP
Burning tires light up the night skies during anti-government protests in the Shiite shrine city of Karbala, south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, late on October late October 28, 2019. (AFP)
October 29, 2019, 11:20 am
18 protesters killed in Iraq as pressure on government mounts
More than 800 wounded when security forces open fire on crowds in Karbala in one of worst attacks since demonstrators began anti-government rallies
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr chant slogans against corruption, the US and Israel during demonstrations between the holy shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas on the Arbaeen Shiite festival in Karbala, Iraq, October 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
October 19, 2019, 3:00 pm
Iraqi cleric’s backers chant against Israel as Shiites make Arbaeen pilgrimage
In what is considered the world’s largest public gathering, millions march to Iraqi city of Karbala for commemoration of Shiite saint
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Hadi Mizban
Iraqi Shiite Muslims take part in a mourning procession on the tenth day of the lunar month of Muharram which marks the day of Ashura, in the holy city of Karbala, on September 10, 2019. (Mohammed SAWAF / AFP)
September 10, 2019, 7:03 pm
More than 30 dead in stampede at Iraqi Shiite shrine
Over 100 others injured as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims converge on city of Karbala to mark solemn Muslim holy day
By AFP
Illustrative: Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather outside the Imam Hussein shrine on the last day of the Arbaeen religious festival on November 21, 2016, in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad. (AFP/Mohammed SAWAF)
July 30, 2017, 4:25 pm
Iraqis say they foiled IS plan to attack revered shrines
Iraqi and Russian airstrikes hit suicide bombers in Iraq and Syria, averting planned assaults on Karbala, Najaf
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Civilians search for survivors in the rubble at the scene of a car bomb attack near the city of Hilla about 95 kilometers (60 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP/Hadi Mizban)
November 25, 2016, 10:15 am
Death toll in Iraq bomb claimed by IS rises to 73
Attack appears to have targeted bus with Iranian pilgrims heading home after Shiite religious event in holy city of Karbala
By MURTADA FARAJ
A picture shows the wreckage of a truck following a suicide bombing that targeted Shiite pilgrims returning from the Arbaeen commemoration in Karbala, on November 24, 2016. (AFP/Haidar HAMDANI)
November 24, 2016, 11:00 pm
Islamic State claims car bomb that killed 56 in Iraq
Blast at gas station targeted Shiite pilgrims, many of them Iranians
By AP
Illustrative: Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather outside the Imam Hussein shrine on the last day of the Arbaeen religious festival on November 21, 2016, in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad. (AFP/Mohammed SAWAF)
November 24, 2016, 5:13 pm
Iraq truck bomb kills 70, mostly Iranian pilgrims
Blast targets packed buses at gas station following Shiite festival in city of Karbala
By Agencies
'Caliph' Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi speaks to Muslims in a mosque in Mosul, Iraq. (YouTube screen capture)
October 11, 2015, 8:49 pm
Islamic State chief not killed in Iraq airstrike — local residents
Locals says body of notorious jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi not among those recovered after Karbala air raid
By Tamar Pileggi and AFP
Shiite faithful pilgrims march to Karbala for Arbaeen in Baghdad's southern district of Dora, Thursday, December 19, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
From the WebDecember 14, 2014, 5:07 am
Pakistanis flagellate selves to mark death of Muhammad’s grandson
Millions of Shi’ites celebrate Arbaeen, commemorating death of Imam Hussein, amid fears of IS attacks, Mail Online reports
Lebanese Shiite Muslims take part in a self-flagellation procession during the Ashura commemorations that mark the killing of Imam Hussein -one of Shiite Islam's most revered figures- on November 4, 2014 in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)
November 4, 2014, 4:02 pm
Shiites mark holy day in defiance of jihadists
Thousands in Iraq and Lebanon commemorate Ashura amid promises of victory against Islamic State
By Abdelamir Hanoun and Mohamad Ali Harissi
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