KARBALA, Iraq — It is the most impassioned day of the year for Shiite Muslims — Ashoura, when one of the faith's most revered figures, Imam Hussein, was martyred in battle. Hundreds of thousands of ...

KARBALA, Iraq — Millions of Shiite Muslims packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday on their annual pilgrim to mark the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, who became a ...

KARBALA, Iraq (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims marched to this city's holy shrine Tuesday to mark the death of one of their most revered saints, chanting, swaying, even cutting their ...

KARBALA, Iraq (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims worshipped at the city's holy shrine Tuesday, chanting, dancing, even slashing cuts on their bodies in a frenzied religious ritual that ...

KARBALA, Iraq — Millions of Shiite Muslims packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday on their annual pilgrim to mark the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, who became a ...

BEIRUT -- On Wednesday, Shiite Muslims in Lebanon and Iraq commemorated Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith, while paying ...

Shiite Muslim pilgrims take part in a mourning ceremony at the Shrine of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammed's grandson, in Iraq's central holy city of Karbala. Millions of worshippers have travelled ...

Iraqi citizens who fled the fighting between Islamic State militants and the Iraqi forces, walk inside a camp for internally displaced people, in Khazer, east of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016.