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Iraqi holy city of Najaf
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Iraqi butcher gets decade for selling pork in holy city of Najaf

Iraqi law does not explicitly ban its sale in the Muslim-majority country, which has a Christian minority.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 September, 2026
A massive crowd of mourners carrying flags and posters fills the streets as the coffins of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei and his family members in Najaf, Iraq. [Getty]
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Iraq's holy cities host funeral processions for Iran's Khamenei

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 July, 2026
A Shi'ite pilgrim carrying a religious flag while walking along a road during the commemoration of Arbain in Karbala province
Iraq
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Over 600 pilgrims hospitalised due to chlorine gas leak in Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 August, 2025
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Iraq intensifies crackdown on 'forces of darkness' in Najaf

Dana Taib Menmy
30 January, 2025
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Prominent cleric survives assassination attempt in Iraq's Najaf

Dana Taib Menmy
31 October, 2024
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Explainer: What is Arbaeen?

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

23 August, 2024
Arbaeen
Arbaeen
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Millions flock to Iraq's Karbala for Arbaeen pilgrimage

Dana Taib Menmy
15 August, 2024
Najaf
Iraq
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Saudi Shia cleric faces threats to leave Iraq over old video

Dana Taib Menmy
04 June, 2024
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Iraq
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Corruption clouds Iraq's ambitious Baghdad metro project

Dana Taib Menmy
16 February, 2024
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Iranians in Iraq divided over morality police's possible end

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 December, 2022
Sadr
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Iraqi politicians seek Sadr’s consent to form a government

Dana Taib Menmy
16 September, 2022
Najaf's busy airport receives hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year [Getty]
Iraq
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Iraqi boy, 10, eludes security to board Iran-bound plane

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 May, 2022
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Iraq exhumes remains of Saddam-era victims from mass grave

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 May, 2022
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Iraq: Mass grave of 'Saddam opponents' unearthed in Najaf

The New Arab Staff
05 April, 2022
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Pardon for Iraqi ex-governor's son stirs political flap

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 February, 2022
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Passenger smuggling Lebanese currency arrested in Iraq

The New Arab Staff
10 January, 2022
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Governor of Iraq's Najaf quits after protests

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 December, 2021
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Iraq rocket attack targets think tank in Najaf

The New Arab (From the Arabic Edition)
24 August, 2021
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Pope meets top Iraq Shia cleric in interfaith milestone

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 March, 2021
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Pope Francis 'happy' to land in Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 March, 2021
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Pope urges end to violence on historic Iraq trip

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 March, 2021