Opinion: The Second Fitna
Are we in the Arab world currently living through the era of the Second Fitna (tribulation), or a new phase of post-Arab Spring democracy? The First Fitna, of course, was the period of major unrest in...
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Tensions high in Karbala following Sarkhi clashes
A burnt poster of Shi’ite cleric Mahmoud Al-Sarkhi at a checkpoint in front of his home in the Shi’ite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on July 2, 2014. (AP...
View ArticleOpinion: Karbala via Glasgow
Anxious to reach agreement with the P5+1 on Iran’s nuclear program, President Hassan Rouhani is trying to mobilize support for his divisive policy. Last month, he tried to woo nationalists with a...
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Iraq security forces on alert as Shi’ites gather for Ashura
Iraqi Shi’ite Muslims commemorate Ashura in Karbala, Iraq, on November 3, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad) Karbala, Reuters—More than one million Shi’ite Muslims gathered at shrines and mosques across Iraq...
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Iraq: Sadr vows to protect Shi’ite holy sites from ISIS
Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr delivers a speech from the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on February 18, 2014. (AFP Photo/Haidar Hamdani) Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Powerful Iraqi Shi’ite cleric...
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Iran Sponsors Iraqi Meeting to Solve Conflicts within Shiite House
Iraqis gathering at the checkpoint that was bombed in Hillah on Sunday Baghdad- A meeting was successfully held in Karbala after escalated conflicts among parties of the National Alliance, the largest...
View ArticleISIS Claims Suicide Bombing at Karbala Wedding
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. ISIS has claimed a suicide bombing that killed at least 18 people and injured more than 26 at a wedding … continue reading ISIS Claims Suicide Bombing at Karbala Wedding
View ArticleAfter Iran Government Deprived them of Hajj, 1 Million Iranians Head to Karbala
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Baghdad- Iraq’s Interior Minister announced receiving one million Iranians who came on the occasion of the Day of Arafa to … continue reading After Iran Government...
View ArticleWHO Renounces Misleading Citation on Iraq’s Karbala
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. London- The World Health Organization (WHO) made a statement on circulated wrong information that was referenced to the world body. … continue reading WHO Renounces...
View ArticleTribes in Karbala Threaten Demonstrators against Maliki in Basra
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Erbil, Washington – The visit of Iraqi former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the south of Iraq and Basra drew … continue reading Tribes in Karbala Threaten...
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