Najaf

Crowds of mourners surround the convoy carrying the coffin of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a funeral procession in Najaf on July 8, 2026. (AFP)

Iraq

Huge Crowds in Iraq Mourn Iran's Khamenei as Regional Tensions Escalate

The moment the plane carrying Ali Khamenei's coffin arrived in Najaf. (Photo: INA)

Iraq

Former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's Body Arrives in Iraq

Photo shows the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP)

Iraq

Najaf Prepares to Receive Ali Khamenei's Body as Millions Expected for Funeral Rites

Yousef Gnawi, the governor of Iraq’s Najaf province. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Najaf Governor Seeks to Replicate Erbil’s Development Experience in Southern Iraq

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Iraq’s Top Cleric Rebuffs Request for Input on Nine PM Contenders

Shiite Muslims gather in Karbala for Arbaeen on Aug. 15, 2025. (AFP)

Iraq

Najaf Governor: Over 17 Million Pilgrims Participated in Arbaeen Commemoration

A medical team from Iraq's Health Ministry veterinarian department carries out a disinfection campaign. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Woman in Najaf Dies of Hemorrhagic Fever as Iraq's CCHF Cases Continue to Rise

pedestrian struggles to breathe as he walks along the side of a road through low visibility conditions due to a massive dust storm in Iraq's central city of Najaf on April 14, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq sandstorm leaves 1,800 people with respiratory problems: health officials

Elizabeth Tsurkov, Israeli-Russian researcher.(Photo: Ynet)

Iraq

Iraq’s National Security Adviser Confirms Arrival of U.S. Reconnaissance Team in Najaf

Najaf Lake. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Iraq's Najaf lake faces environmental crisis as water levels plummet

A rice field in Iraq. (Photo: Kurtdistan24)

Kurdistan

Innovative drought-resistant rice brings hope to Najaf's farmers amid severe water shortages

Farmers in al-Mishkhab protesting, Najaf governorate.

Kurdistan

Dozens of farmers protested in Mishkhab town

Scenes of demonstration in Kufa and al-Meshkhab districts. (Photo: Iraqi Media)

Iraq

Protests erupt in Najaf over severe power outages amid soaring temperatures

The protest in al-Diwaniyah province. (Photo: Iraqi Media)

Iraq

Protests erupt over poor services in Diwaniyah, Najaf

People navigate a street during a sandstorm in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2022. (Photo: AP/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq

Health emergency declared as dust storm engulfs southern Iraq's Najaf province

This aerial view shows the Wadi-al-Salam cemetery in Iraq's holy shrine city of Najaf, on February 10, 2023. (Photo: Qasim alkaabi/ AFP)

Iraq

Vast cemetery in Iraq echoes 14 centuries of life and death