The Day of Ashura falls on the tenth day of Muharram on the Islamic calendar. Sunni Muslims refer to it as the Day of Atonement and abstain from food. This is to commemorate a fast that Prophet ...

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US Envoy Tom Barrack in Beirut speaks about the US using influence to achieve its goals in the region. In early July, Lebanese security forces raided a Beirut neighborhood after Hezbollah-affiliated ...

Iraqi soldiers search civilians ahead of the start of Ashura (epa) Iraqi authorities imposed tight security on the city of Karbala as Shi'ite pilgrims gathered for the climax of the Ashura festival, a ...

Shiite Muslims brandish knives during the Tatbir processions as they mark Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein, in Iraq's holy ...

(The Conversation) — Tens of millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world will visit Iraq on Sept. 10 this year to see the shrines of Hussain, grandson of Prophet Mohammed, and his brother Abbas ...

Iraqi police in Al-Najaf today (epa) January 28, 2007 -- Iraqi police report that some 250 gunmen were killed today in a battle against Iraqi security forces backed by U.S. helicopters near the holy ...