The Imam Ali Shrine (search) compound in Najaf — an Islamic art landmark ornamented with elegant calligraphy and religious patterns — reputedly holds priceless ancient manuscripts and houses ...

NAJAF, Iraq | The Imam Ali Mosque is considered the one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam. The NewsHour recently visited the shrine during Ramadan and watched as crowds grew throughout the evening.

As the U.S. military edged closer to the shrine of Imam Ali and the rebellious Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr vowed "martyrdom or victory," the Iraqi troops that are expected to decide the ...

Muhammad Manshaullah Butt has said that Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has approved a special project of Rs 400 ...

The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced Friday that police seized control of the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf and arrested 400 members of militias loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, but the ...

Aws al-Khafaji, the head of al-Sadr's office in Nasiriya, told the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera television station that the cleric asked his Mahdi Army militia to give control of the revered Imam Ali ...

“The shells that hit Imam Ali are the fault of the Americans,” spokesman Qaiss Qazali said. It is the second time this month that the shrine has been damaged in fighting.

NAJAF, Iraq – Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (search) and his militia had mostly vacated and removed weapons from the shrine in Najaf Friday where they had been holed up during a 2-week ...

NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 22 -- Loyalists of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr remained in control of the gold-domed Imam Ali shrine on Saturday after failing to reach an agreement with representatives of ...

In a statement earlier this week, the shrine of Imam Ali announced that “it is ready to host the Christian families who departed their houses in fear of being killed by what is so called the ...

NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 30 -- Investigators suspect the devastating bomb that tore through a crowded street along Iraq's most sacred Shiite Muslim shrine, killing a prominent religious leader and scores ...