Najaf
Sayyid Sadr al-Din al-Qubanchi, imam and Friday preacher of Najaf's Grand Mosque, Najaf, Oct. 9, 2026. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Security personnel stand guard as demonstrators gather outside the Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf International Airport in Najaf on Sept. 28, 2026. (AFP)
Passengers disembark an Iranian plane in Najaf airport, Najaf, Iraq, Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP)
Photo shows people shop in the main market in Najaf, Iraq, Feb. 13, 2020. (AP)
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)
The moment the plane carrying Ali Khamenei's coffin arrived in Najaf. (Photo: INA)
Photo shows the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP)
Yousef Gnawi, the governor of Iraq’s Najaf province. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Shiite Muslims gather in Karbala for Arbaeen on Aug. 15, 2025. (AFP)
A medical team from Iraq's Health Ministry veterinarian department carries out a disinfection campaign. (Photo: AFP)
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)
Elizabeth Tsurkov, Israeli-Russian researcher.(Photo: Ynet)
Najaf Lake. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
A rice field in Iraq. (Photo: Kurtdistan24)
Farmers in al-Mishkhab protesting, Najaf governorate.