Iraq

The Engineering Projects Department at Imam Hussain Holy Shrine has begun construction work at the Noor Al-Imam Al-Hussein Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, after allocating a plot of land by the shrine in Karbala. The institute’s official, Sami…

Photographs circulating on social media networks showed the departure of the first group of Arbaeen pilgrims from Basra province heading towards the holy city of Karbala on foot to commemorate the Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him).…

The European TV network “Euro News” published a photo report in which it shed light on some of the details of the painful Ashura ceremonies in the holy city of Karbala. In its report, the caption read, “Shia Muslims take…

With the sorrowful day of Ashura peacefully commemorated across the world, Shia Muslims now prepare to mark the massive Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. In the previous years, the number of pilgrims coming to perform pilgrimage…

The Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development in Holy Karbala announced the launch of the second phase of distributing the Ashura clothing to orphans and the needy. The Foundation stated in a statement received by Shia Waves News Agency,…

Syria’s autonomous Kurdish region transferred to the Iraqi government more than 600 relatives of ISIS group members who were detained at the notorious Al-Hol camp, media outlets said Friday. It is the fourth operation of its kind this year from…

On the thirteenth of the mournful month of Muharram of every year, the Bani Asad Tribe’s procession is held in commemoration of the burial anniversary of the pure martyrs’ bodies of al-Taff battle. The tribes, headed by Bani Asad tribe,…

“Birir, Umm Wahb, Abs, Aslam, Qanab and Abd al-Rahman” and the names of other supporters of the Master of the Martyrs, Imam Hussein (peace be upon him), toured the area between the Two Holy Shrines, where the embroidered names were…

The holy city of Karbala will witness the massive mourning procession of Bani Asad tribe, which commemorates the burial anniversary of al-Taff martyrs’ bodies on the 13th of Muharram after the noon and afternoon prayers. This mourning procession dates back…

The deaf-and-mute community in Wasit, Iraq, participated in the mourning ceremonies over the martyrdom of the Master of Martyrs, Imam Hussein (peace be upon him). The participants provided services to the Husseini mourners through establishing their own mourning processions. The…