Iraq

The administration of the Karbala-based Hafidhat-ul-Quran School for women, affiliated to the Karbala Hawza for Women, has expressed it happiness over the genuine interest of the believing families to encourage their daughters to joinj religious courses. The School’s administration said…

Ali Al-Miyali, Second Deputy governor of Holy Karbala, announced that the construction of the first phase of the new road connecting Baghdad to the holy city of Karbala has officially started. The project is mainly aimed at facilitating the movement…

Millions of Shia devotees have commemorated the sorrowful anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Mohammed Al-Jawad, peace be upon him, in Holy Kadhimiya, Baghdad. The honorable pilgrims who mourned this occasion came from different Iraqi provinces as well as from…

Kazimiyah Holy Shrine announced that last night and today, thousands of Shias and devotees of the Pure Infallible Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, from various cities and provinces of Iraq, attended the shrines of Imam Kazim and Imam Jawad,…

The Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has received at his honourable house the director and students of the religious seminary of Allama Ibn Fahad Al-Hilli based in Holy Karbala, Iraq. The official website of the Supreme…

The courtyard and Shrine of KadhimiyaImams (peace be upon them) were covered in black ahead of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Jawad (peace be upon him), officials told Shia Waves. The gates and walls of this sacred Shrine have been…

Iraqi officials and NGOs on Monday held a meeting to discuss resolving the issue of an Islamic State (ISIS) detention camp in northeast Syria which has become a “supreme security interest” for Baghdad, the foreign ministry announced. The camp of…

Suspected ISIS militants armed with light weapons killed at least two Iraqi officers and wounded three other members of the army in northern Kirkuk province on Saturday overnight, according to the military. The attack targeted an army outpost in Dibis…

The director of the Spain-based Alul-Bayet Foundation has confirmed that their delegation to Holy Karbala found peaceful coexistence and respect for all faiths and nationalities. The Foundation’s delegation visited the Abbas Holy Shrine and met its legal custodian and other…

The head of Immortalizing Speicher Martyrs Committee, Mu’in Al-Kadhimi, demanded on Saturday to guarantee the rights of the families of the victims of the painful massacre of Speicher, who were captured and killed by ISIS when they took control of…