Iranian Lawmaker Says Tehran Preparing for Possible New Conflict with US, Rejects Nuclear Concessions

Shia

Iraq

Top Iraqi Shiite cleric warns of Middle East escalation

Europe

Germany carries out raids and bans a group accused of links to Iran and support for Hezbollah

Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr gives a speech in Iraq's central holy shrine city of Najaf, August 30, 2022. (Photo: Qassem Al-Kaabi/AFP)

Iraq

Firebrand Iraqi cleric Sadr 'freezes' rank and file movement

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi. (Photo: Nabil al-Jurani/AP)

Iraq

Iraqi Parliament Speaker to form a Sunni coordination framework

Relatives of people killed in a car by planted explosive visit the scene in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (Photo: Hadi Mizban/ AP)

Iraq

Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi 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

Shiite Muslims gather in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala, to mark 40 days after the holy day of Ashura commemorating the seventh century killing of Imam Hussein (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP).

Iraq

Influx of Iranians bolsters Iraq's Arbaeen pilgrimage

President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Masoud Barzani. (Photo: KDP)

Kurdistan

President Masoud Barzani condemns insult against Shia religious authorities

Iraq continues ban on shrine visits as Iran seeks to resume pilgrimages

middle east

Iraq continues ban on shrine visits as Iran seeks to resume pilgrimages

Najaf, Shia pilgrimage site, halts entrances into city due to coronavirus

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Najaf, Shia pilgrimage site, halts entrances into city due to coronavirus

Iraqi forces foil suspected ISIS attack on Shia pilgrims south of Baghdad

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Iraqi forces foil suspected ISIS attack on Shia pilgrims south of Baghdad

Over 130 casualties during Shia religious ritual in Iraq's Karbala

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Over 130 casualties during Shia religious ritual in Iraq's Karbala

Iraq’s Shia militias claim capture of ‘Grand Mafia Leader’ in ‘biggest gambling crackdown’

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Iraq’s Shia militias claim capture of ‘Grand Mafia Leader’ in ‘biggest gambling crackdown’

Sunni politicians slam empty gestures in Baghdad, call for real action against corruption

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Sunni politicians slam empty gestures in Baghdad, call for real action against corruption

UPDATE: Iraqi PMF Finance Director dies in hospital after failed assassination attempt

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UPDATE: Iraqi PMF Finance Director dies in hospital after failed assassination attempt

Finance Director for pro-Iran militia critically injured in assassination attempt in Baghdad

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Finance Director for pro-Iran militia critically injured in assassination attempt in Baghdad