For Shias, Ashura is a day of mourning which commemorates the martyrdom of the Imam ... in Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria. Since taking political power in 1979, Iran’s Shia ...

The majority of Shia Muslims believe there are twelve such imams in total, the last of which has been in hiding since his birth in the ninth century in what is Iraq today. This last Imam will appear ...

A television series about the life of the Umayyad caliph, Muawiya, titled "Mo'awey," which was banned in Iraq due to the ...

A video circulating on social media purportedly shows a renowned Iraqi Shia militiaman standing next ... The video has sparked wide debate in Iraq. The militiaman - who goes by the nom de guerre ...

a little-known Shia politician who is part of the Badr Organization. You remember the Badr folks, or you should, because every Sunni in Iraq does. During the American occupation, the Badr militia ...

chanted Imam Husham Al-Husainy through ... opposition groups and was in northern Iraq in February 2003 meeting with people who opposed Hussein's rule. A Shia Muslim cleric, Al-Husainy leads ...

Preparations are underway in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, to hold the “Imamate International Week” in June.

On Thursday night, Shia drones struck the Erbil air base in Iraq, around 425 km away from Baghdad. No information about possible damage is available at this point. Pentagon Press Secretary Brig.