At least 18 people have been killed and 800 wounded in Iraq when masked security forces opened fire on protesters in the Shia holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, security officials have said. The ...

A sense of injustice pervades Karbala. The great Muslim city of central Iraq is the place where al-Husayn, Prophet Muhammad's grandson, was martyred in AD680. Al-Husayn had claimed the right to rule ...

KARBALA, Iraq—The novelist Alaa Mashzoub rode his bicycle home at dusk like he did every day. He turned from the bustling main street in central Karbala into the residential side-streets of his own ...

The city hall in the southern Iraqi town Karbala, guarded by the Bulgarian unit, was attacked Wednesday night. No Bulgarians were injured, military officials in Sofia announced. Just a day earlier 3 ...

BAGHDADBAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say two car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims south of the holy city of Karbala have killed 22 people. The pilgrims were on their way to Karbala to take part in an ...

Baghad — Iraqi security forces wearing masks and black plainclothes opened fire at protesters in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding hundreds, security officials ...

Major Mike Slocum of the 101st Airborne Division said, ”Basically they are on the ground to go through and secure the highways and supply routes, and also they are looking to squelch any paramilitary ...

Reporting from Karbala, Iraq — When millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims descended last month on the shrine with twin gold domes in this holy city, many Iraqis expected sectarian fighting to erupt.