Tag Archives: Babylon

The al-Abbas’s (p) holy shrine has launched an extensive cleaning project on all pilgrims’ roads leading to Karbala, on its three axes (Najaf – Babylon – Baghdad), because of the great importance of this factor of the Arbaeen visit. The project included several stages, the first stage was the organization …

A logistics convoy of the US military was targeted this morning in the Iraqi province of Babylon. No group has so far claimed responsibility for targetting this US military logistics convoy in Babylon province. On August 8, news sources reported that another US logistics convoy was targeted in Nasiriya, southern …

The Court of Integrity in Babylon issued an arrest warrant against an MP as well as a travel ban following a corruption case. The Supreme Judicial Council said in a statement received by Alghadeer News that the court issued an arrest warrant against an MP and the former governor of …

An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced 11 Daesh terrorists to death for bombing a bridge in the southern Babel province. In a statement, Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council said the 11 had confessed of being members in the notorious terrorist group. According to the statement, the terrorists had bombed a bridge …

A motorcycle rigged with explosives went off near a mosque south of the capital Baghdad, killing three people and wounding 34, Iraqi security officials said Saturday. The officials said the blast happened the previous evening on a commercial street in the village of Mussayyib. They spoke on condition of anonymity …

Ancient artifacts that have been looted from Iraq and Afghanistan after recent conflicts and illegally exported to the UK will be returned to their country of origin. The British Museum is working with the UK Border Force and other Government law enforcement agencies to help to return the seized items, …

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee voted on Friday to list the sprawling Mesopotamian metropolis of Babylon as a World Heritage Site after three decades of efforts by Iraq. Iraq had been trying since 1983 to have the site — a massive 10-square-kilometer complex of which just 18 percent has been excavated …