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Scores of Casualties in ISIS-Claimed Attack Near Karbala

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 9, 2017 | Middle East

A woman detonated her explosive belt in a market east of Karbala on Friday, killing at least 30 and wounding 35 in an attack claimed by the ISIS terrorist organization. The attack took place in Musayab, a town that lies 60 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraqi security...

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Supporters of Nouri al-Maliki hold posters of him in Baghdad, Monday. Photo Ahmed Saad. Reuters

Tribes in Karbala Threaten Demonstrators against Maliki in Basra

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 17, 2016 | Middle East

Erbil, Washington – The visit of Iraqi former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the south of Iraq and Basra drew protests and continued to trigger reactions, threatening of a second “Sawlat al-Fursan” similar to that conducted by Maliki in 2008 when he was a...

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The World Health Organization (WHO) logo is pictured at the entrance of its headquarters in Geneva, January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

WHO Renounces Misleading Citation on Iraq’s Karbala

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 21, 2016 | Middle East

London- The World Health Organization (WHO) made a statement on circulated wrong information that was referenced to the world body. In its statement, the WHO said media-spread citations on illegitimate children being conceived and born during religious ceremonies in...

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Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba during their final circling at the Grand Mosque during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca October 6, 2014. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

After Iran Government Deprived them of Hajj, 1 Million Iranians Head to Karbala

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 10, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- Iraq’s Interior Minister announced receiving one million Iranians who came on the occasion of the Day of Arafa to Karbala, the city that is considered holy to Shi’ites. Shi’ite clerics said that “this visit on the Day of Arafa is not a duty or a...

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An Iraqi soldier monitors the entrance to the city of Karbala. AFP

ISIS Claims Suicide Bombing at Karbala Wedding

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 29, 2016 | Middle East

ISIS has claimed a suicide bombing that killed at least 18 people and injured more than 26 at a wedding party near Karbala, south of Baghdad, late on Sunday, local officials said. Five assailants including the suicide bomber attacked the celebration in Ain al-Tamr,...