The Najaf refinery in Iraq is at a critical phase in the growth of the country’s refining sector, bolstering goals for fuel ...

The Iraqi Volleyball Federation has set January 16 as the start date for the Premier League's second half, with matches to be ...

Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq's long-beleaguered Christian ...

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 ...

More people were injured as protesters clashed with police in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. Police responded to the protests, which followed the resignation of the Iraqi Prime Minister, with tear gas ...

The story of Iraq is written on the walls of the Prophet’s Street. Staring down on the crowds of Najaf are portraits of men killed under 35 years of Baath Party rule. They are clergy, their families ...

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities have ordered the closure of the Najaf province, home to holy Muslim Shi'ites sites, for non-residents starting on Wednesday for a week to prevent the spread ...

New York Times reporter Neil MacFarquhar reports from Najaf, Iraq following a deadly bombing that killed 75 people, including leading Shiite Muslim leader Mohammed Bakr al-Hakim. First, the blast that ...

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - With its sweeping highway, solar-powered street lights and plethora of hotels, the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf is a beacon for investment in Iraq, outshining other areas where ...

The funeral procession for Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani began Saturday in Baghdad, where he was killed a day earlier by a U.S. drone strike. The next stops for Soleimani’s body were the Iraqi ...

The last U.S. brigade combat team departed Iraq on Aug. 18. While President Obama says 50,000 U.S. troops will remain there through December 2011 to train the Iraqi army, in reality the U.S. units are ...