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Grand Ayatollah Sistani urges politicians to solve crisis
Iraq’s most prominent Shiite cleric has urged politicians to make concessions to solve the country’s ongoing political crisis, an aide to the leader said on Friday. (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) –...
‘US must get Iraq’s okay to use drones’
Iraq has censured the United States over the use of surveillance drones in the country, saying Washington has to request Baghdad’s permission prior to carrying out such flights. Ali al-Dabbagh, an Iraqi government...
US drone operations anger Iraqis
Washington’s unauthorized surveillance drone operations in Iraq have prompted outrage among senior Iraqi officials and the public. Iraqis say the US must respect the country’s sovereignty and consult...
Iraq officials back Bahraini protesters
Attending a conference in the capital Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi officials said that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Bahrain. Bahraini forces have clamped down on protests with the help of Saudi troops who...
5 Million Pilgrims Commemorate the Demise Anniversary of the Holy Prophet in Najaf
More than 100,000 pilgrims have traveled to the holy city of Najaf in Iraq to be in the city on the demise anniversary of the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH). (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – More than five million...
Iraq’s Shi’a Martyrs Reach to 64, 140 wounded in Basra explosion
Iraqi security sources said here that the result of the suicide bomber reached to 64 martyrs and more than 140 wounded, most of them were women and children. (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Iraqi security sources...
Blasts heard in western Iraqi city
A mosque and a police building have been targeted by a series of bombing attacks and shootings in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, police say. Four car bombs targeted the Dawlah Kabir mosque in central Ramadi...
Millions in Karbala to Mark Arbaeen
Arbaeen marks the culmination of a 40-day mourning period after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Hussein, Prophet Muhammad’s grandson and the third Shia Imam. Over the past days, large crowds of Shia mourners...
Blast kills 50 Shia pilgrims in Iraq
At least 50 people have been killed and nearly 100 others injured in a bomb explosion that targeted Shia pilgrims in Iraq’s southern city of Basra, Iraqi police say. The bomb exploded on Saturday when a crowd...