Al-Najaf
(2002 est. pop. 563,000). Also known as Mashhad ʿAli, al-Najaf is one of the holiest cities of Shiʿa Islam. It is located in Central Iraq, a few kilometers west of the Euphrate...
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Accounts of the bloody battle near Najaf have produced more questions than answers, raising doubts about Iraqi security forces' performance and concern over tensions within the majority Shiite comm...
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U.S.-backed Iraqi troops on Sunday attacked insurgents allegedly plotting to kill pilgrims at a major Shiite Muslim religious festival, and Iraqi officials estimated some 250 militants died in the ...
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Najaf, Iraq (dpa) - Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims on
Thursday thronged to the holy city of Najaf for a religious ceremony
where 30,00 security forces backed by the...
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Najaf, Iraq (dpa) - Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims on
Thursday thronged to the holy city of Najaf for a religious ceremony
where 30,000 security forces backed by th...
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Baghdad (dpa) - Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Iraqis were on
Monday flocking to the Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Kufa for mass
demonstrations marking the fourth anniver...
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Baghdad (dpa) - A senior supporter of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-
Sadr was killed in the Iraqi city of Najaf by unknown fire on
Saturday morning.
Police sources...
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Al-Najaf
Analysis: Najaf battle raises questions
