Iraq

Imam Hussain Holy Shrine revealed the percentage of completion of Al-Aqeela Zainab Courtyard project, which it is implementing as part of the expansion project of the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him). The Head of the Engineering…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a meeting entitled “Our Marshes are Our Life”, to support the Chabayish marshes in Dhi Qar province.FAO and the European Union have drawn up plans to support the Chabayish…

The Participation and Accommodation Committee of the Arbaeen Pilgrimage said that 20 foreign processions declared their readiness to serve the Arbaeen pilgrims on the Shalamcheh borders. According to media reports, 10 processions from Afghanistan and 10 from Pakistan, Nigeria and…

The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the completion of preparations for the Interfaith Dialogue Conference scheduled for October, in coordination with Shia, Sunni, Christian, Mandaean and Yazidi endowments, with the participation of the Pontifical Council in the Vatican State.…

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…