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This year’s Arbaeen congregation in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala hit a record high as millions streamed into the city after walking by foot from the holy city of Najaf, says a shrine official. In an interview on Saturday, Razzak Noor Ridha, a senior public relations officer at the …

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has inaugurated the Karbala oil refinery which has a production capacity of 140,000 barrels per day (bpd), his office said in a statement on Saturday. In January, a source at the refinery told Reuters commercial production will be a test run at 60 percent …

Iraqi security forces on Tuesday managed to kill a suicide bomber in an intelligence operation in the holy city of Karbala, spokesperson to the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Major-General Yehya Rasool, announced. Rasoul said in a statement that a force from Karbala’s Operations Command carried out a search …

Karbala’s local government is working out the final touches on the preparations for the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage, first deputy governor Jasem al-Fatlawi said on Monday. Millions of Shiite Muslims are flocking to the holy city of Karbala to participate in the Arbaeen anniversary, a religious observance that takes place forty …

Iranian Interior Ministry says border crossings to Iraq have been reopened hours after they were closed because of an eruption of violence in the country’s capital Baghdad. Authorities said on Tuesday that four main border crossings to Iraq had been reopened to travelers. Later statements said two of the crossings, …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced that four people were reported dead in the Karbala collapse incident, with six others pulled from the rubble. The Ministry said in a statement that all the injured are receiving the appropriate medical treatment. On Saturday an earth mound adjacent to the Qattarat al-Imam …

In pictures… Muslims observe the night of Ashura of Muharram in the holy city of Karbala.

Voting process at the Iranian embassy and six consulates across Iraq, in Karbala, Najaf, Basra, Sulaymaniyah, and Erbil, witnessed a massive turnout of voters to elect a President of the Republic. Al-Ghadeer sources at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad reported that the turnout was high in the elections, adding that …

A “terrorist” was arrested on Wednesday in southern Iraq, Karbala Operations Command said in a statement. The Command reported that its forces carried out an operation in the Karbala desert in al-Nukhaib district which resulted in the arrest of a wanted terrorist. “The man is handed over to the authority.” …

A specialized medical team performed today, in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in Karbala, a successful cesarean delivery for a Covid-19 patient. The director of the hospital, Ibrahim Al-Rikabi, said in a statement received by Alghdeer that the hospital performed the first caesarean section for a 23-year-old Covid-19 patient, after …

Security forces have allegedly fired on protesters in southern Iraq, killing at least five people and wounding dozens of others. Iraqis have been protesting for weeks against corruption, misgovernance and a lack of jobs. Security forces opened fire on protesters in southern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least five people …

Iraqi security forces have dismantled a terrorist group as it was planning attacks on Shia Muslims during mourning rituals on Arba’een, which marks 40 days after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Iraq’s Security Media Cell announced in a statement released …

On behalf of the United Nations Secretary-General, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric offered condolences to Iraqis on the deadly stampede in Karbala during the Ashura rituals. “The Secretary-General learned with deep sorrow of the loss of life and injuries that occurred near the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, Iraq,” reads a statement …