Iraq

The Iraqi Minister of Transportation, Razzaq Al-Saadi, announced that the high-speed train project linking the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf will soon commence, with the capacity to transport around 25,000 passengers per hour. The minister further explained that “the…

Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development in Holy Karbala announced today the distribution of the second batch of electric heaters to a large number of families in the holy city. The Public Relations official, Hussein Al-Adeli, told Shia Waves…

Three Arab countries, including Iraq, appeared in the list of the top 10 gold buyers in 2023. Recent data collected by the Energy Research Unit shows that the central banks of Libya, Iraq and Qatar were among the top 10…

Pilgrims, mourners and devotees of the Ahlul-Bayt (peace be upon them) from all over the world are reaching the city of Kazimayn on foot and in vehicles to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Musa al-Kazim (peace be upon him).…

Saeed Rashid Zamizm, an Iraqi writer and researcher, has published a book on the Holy Husseini Shrine entitled “Shrine of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, from reconstruction to destruction during 1400 years”, news and local sources announced in the…

Iraqi religious activists expect that the holy city of Kazimiyah in the capital Baghdad will witness a large million-person participation to commemorate the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Musa al-Kazim, peace be upon him. The activists considered that “this…

Based on the statistics announced by the Council of Churches in Basra, the number of Christian families living in southern Iraq has shrunk from more than 7 thousand to less than 350 families, Arabic media sources proclaimed, quoting the Iraq…

The Mayrolty of Iraq’s Capital, Baghdad, has announced its special plan to receive the millions of Shia pilgrims who will commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim, peace be upon him, at his Holy Shrine, in Holy Kadhimiya. According…

Massive crowds of pilgrims from various Iraqi provinces have set off on foot towards the holy city of Samarra to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Ali al-Hadi, peace be upon him. Pilgrims have began their processions from the provinces of…

With nine years into the Speicher Massacre committed by Daesh terrorists in 2014, the Mass Grave Department—an affiliate of the Martyrs Foundation—still expects to find new mass grave sites. In a statement followed by Shia Waves Agency, the head of…