Tens of thousands of pilgrims arrived in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday ahead of Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet ...

Pilgrims gather in Karbala, Iraq, at a previous commemoration of the Muslim holiday of Ashoura, Jan. 19, 2008. The 10-day event commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the prophet ...

Shiite pilgrims commemorate Ashoura in Karbala, Iraq, under tight security. QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA. Sat, July 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM UTC. 3 min read. ... APTOPIX Iraq Ashoura. 1 of 5.

KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq deployed tens of thousands of soldiers to protect Shi'ite pilgrims on Saturday, part of intensified security measures the government hopes will prevent bloodshed ...

Thousands of Shi'ite Muslims gathered in Karbala, Iraq on Sunday to mark Ashura - the most sacred day in the Shi'ite Islamic calendar - amid strict security measures across the city.

Tight security for Ashura in Iraq. Gulf News. January 7, 2009. Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009. Gulf News. Baghdad: Hundreds of thousands of Shiites crowded the streets of Karbala on Tuesday, to commemorate ...

Joint Security Stations Ashura and Tal Abtha, located in northern Iraq, were signed over to the Iraqi military and local government May 15. Within an hour of the short handover ceremony, U.S ...

In Iraq’s holy city of Kerbala, Shi’ite Muslims gathered for the annual Ashura religious commemoration have, for the moment, been spared the violent attacks that have marked pilgrimages in the past.

Shiite Muslims in Lebanon and Iraq are commemorating Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, while paying tribute to Palestinians as the Israel-Hamas war ...

BAGHDAD — Shiites in Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan chanted, paraded and beat their chests on Tuesday as they marked Ashoura, one of the most important dates on the religious calendar, commemorating ...

Tens of thousands of pilgrims are in the Iraqi city of Karbala for Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. Ashoura ...