An intelligence source provides preliminary information on the players behind the Najaf battle; al Qaeda’s Omar Brigade appears to have player a role Iraqi soldiers capture fighters outside Najaf.

Iraqi security forces detain an alleged militant in Al-Najaf on January 28 (epa) February 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- On January 28, reports emerged from the town of Al-Zarqa, near the holy city of Al-Najaf, ...

Mahan Air is excluded from the agreement as Baghdad says Washington granted its request for a waiver.

February 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- On January 28, reports emerged from the town of Al-Zarqa, near the holy city of Al-Najaf, that a shadowy group called the Army of Heaven was waging a fierce battle with ...

Iraq has become central to Iran's strategic chessboard in the region as Tehran seeks to expand its influence while navigating ...

An Iraqi Shiite Muslim boy kisses a poster of the Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the town of Karbala, Feb. 6, 2004. — REUTERS/Ali Jasim A memoir published in 2012 by a representative of Ayatollah Ali ...

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 ...

Note: Children are those under eighteen years of age.

Two Iraqi government sources say the U.S. has agreed to a 30-day trial allowing Iranian airlines to return to Najaf before deciding on permanent authorization.

Hundreds of residents in Iraq's Najaf province rallied and called for a new law that would "strengthen the sanctity" of the city of Najaf, where the Imam Ali Shrine, Shiite seminaries and authorities ...

Najaf (AsiaNews) Hundreds of mostly women protestors wearing black chadors rallied downtown yesterday shouting for Imam Moqtada Al-Sadr to withdraw his militia forced form the holy city of Najaf.

The governor of Iraq’s Najaf province has resigned, a day after another governor also quit following demonstrations against living conditions and corruption. Louai al-Yasseri resigned from his ...