Barham Salih
latest news & developmentsPilgrims flee Iraq city as gun battles rage
Local authorities began evacuating hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from the Iraqi city of Karbala on Tuesday as a battle raged between Iraqi security forces and gunmen near two…
Violence mars Shi’ite ritual in Iraq
Gunmen battled Iraqi security forces on Tuesday near two of Shi’ite Islam’s holiest shrines in the city of Kerbala, where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims had gathered for a…