The long-feared attack happened Tuesday, on Shiism’s holiest day, when simultaneous explosions ripped through crowds of worshippers at Shiite shrines in Baghdad and Karbala, killing at least 143 ...

Krayem said the shrine welcomes "between 100,000 and 150,000 visitors" during key Shiite holidays, the majority of them coming from abroad. - 'Blood has been spilled' - ...

Syrian authorities have foiled an attempt by ISIL (ISIS) fighters to blow up a revered Shia shrine in a Damascus suburb, state news agency SANA has reported. Intelligence and security forces ...

On the outskirts of Damascus lies one of the holiest sites of Shia Islam. This shrine is said to be the burial site of Prophet Mohammed's granddaughter, Zaynab. On a normal day, it's bustling with ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A group of Shiite Muslims from Uzbekistan visited the Imam Reza (AS) shrine in Mashhad on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, taking part in cultural and religious programs a ...

Intelligence officials in Syria's new de facto government thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, state media ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Shiite pilgrims dressed in black marched on Saturday, heading on foot toward the golden twin-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the northwestern Baghdad ...

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufay'i had been killed by Iraqi security forces, with the support of the US-led coalition [File: Ahmed Saad/Reuters] Published ...

Shiite worshippers gather at the golden-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, who died at the end of the eighth century, during holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, ...

"Four people have been killed so far following a terrorist attack by two armed men on the holy shrine of Shah Cheragh" in the city of Shiraz, the official news agency IRNA reported. One of the ...