NAJAF, Iraq – Wailing and pounding their chests in grief, a dozen women clad in mourning black gathered around a tomb in the massive cemetery in Iraq's holy Shiite city of Najaf. A short distance away ...

In Iraq, fierce fighting has broken out in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf as US soldiers backed with tanks have moved onto an ancient cemetery that is considered sacred ground by Shiite Muslims. The ...

NAJAF, Iraq – NAJAF, Iraq (AP) — Pictures of the two brothers stare out, side by side, separated by the gulf of a quarter century. Rahim Jabr died in 1981, a foot soldier in the bloody eight year war ...

NAJAF, IraqNAJAF, Iraq — Pictures of the two brothers stare out, side by side, separated by the gulf of a quarter century. Rahim Jabr died in 1981, a foot soldier in the bloody eight year war with ...

A car bomb exploded Thursday near the gates of the sacred Shiite Muslim cemetery here, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring dozens in the latest provocative assault on the country’s Shiite ...

The world's largest cemetery is so expansive that a view from above will take your breath away. An Iraqi student captured drone footage of Wadi al-Salam, where more than 5 million people have been ...

NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 30 -- Ali Abbas said he wanted to shake the hand of the famous preacher who had delivered the sermon at Friday prayers in the Imam Ali shrine here. Abbas, 20, a laborer, turned to ...

The cemetery in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf is one of the largest in the world, and is the coveted final resting place for Shiite Muslims from around the globe. The site is considered auspicious, ...

The southern Iraqi city of Najaf is the center of the Shiite Muslim faith — the sect's equivalent of the Vatican. About a million pilgrims from Iraq and abroad go to Najaf every year to worship in its ...

Asked how the battle was going, Commander Abu Mohammad Hilu showed off his latest trophy – a blood-drenched American boot. There was a large bullet hole in the middle. “We found it after last night’s ...