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While mapping the route, the team noticed that a site some 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Kufa in Iraq’s southern Najaf ...
The Valley of Peace in Iraq covers an area roughly equivalent ... The necropolis sits in the holy city of Najaf, meaning it's extremely important to Shi'ite muslims, as it's near the shrine ...
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
A short drive south of Babylon and 90 mi/145 km south of Baghdad, the town of Najaf, along with Karbala, is one of the most sacred Shiite Muslim towns in the world.
Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is calling for an anti-American protest in the Iraqi city of Najaf on April 9, the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. Al-Sadr's statement calling for a ...