Iraq’s ministry of interior announced details of its plans to welcome Arbaeen pilgrims and ensure their security.

Tens of thousands of pilgrims arrived in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday ahead of Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite ...

Tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in Karbala for Ashoura, a major Shiite religious event commemorating Imam Hussein's martyrdom. The occasion highlighted regional tensions, with participants ...

The Iraqi Ministry of Interior issued a statement Sunday afternoon, declaring the success of the security plan for this ...

Thousands of Shi'ite Muslims gathered in Karbala, Iraq on Sunday to mark Ashura - the most sacred day in the Shi'ite Islamic calendar - amid strict security measures across the city.

Shiite pilgrims from Syria and abroad used to flock to the Sayyida Zeinab shrine outside of Damascus every year to ...

Ashura falls on the 10th day of the lunar calendar month of Muharram and commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, one of the Prophet Muhammad's grandsons, who was buried there after he and his ...

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad.

Tens of thousands of pilgrims arrived in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday ahead of Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet ...

A Syrian woman walk past a Syrian government security man, outside the shrine of al-Sayydah Zeinab, the grand daughter of Prophet Mohammed, where Shiite worshippers attend Ashoura ritual, south of ...