2003-04-17 04:00:00 PDT Baghdad-- With a revolver on his hip, a swagger in his walk and a dozen bodyguards carrying rifles, Ali Al-Shawki doesn't seem like your average imam. But in the past week ...

BAGHDAD — Rebel cleric Muqtada Sadr announced Wednesday that he would accept demands to vacate Najaf’s Imam Ali Mosque and disarm his militia but insisted on further negotiations to work out ...

Toll tops 90 in Shiite stronghold of Najaf. Fingers are pointed at Hussein loyalists -- and at the coalition for not providing protection.

NPR's Ivan Watson reports from Baghdad that a resolution of the conflict over who controls Najaf's Imam Ali mosque appears to have finally been reached. Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has announced ...

NAJAF, Iraq -- A car bomb ripped through a crowd of worshippers leaving Iraq's holiest Shiite shrine after Friday prayers, killing at least 85 people -- including a top cleric -- in the deadliest ...

U.S. forces in the central city of Najaf have reportedly come under Iraqi fire from the Ali Mosque, one of the most sacred Shiite Muslim sites in the world.

The Najaf bombing occurred at about 10:30 a.m. in a market packed with pilgrims and shoppers in front of the Imam Ali mosque, which contains the tomb of Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali.

), also known as Masjid Ali or the Mosque of 'Alī, located in Najaf, Iraq, is the third holiest site for some of the estimated 200 million followers of the Shia branch of Islam. 'Alī ibn Abī ...

The Najaf bombing occurred at about 10:30 a.m. in a market packed with pilgrims and shoppers in front of the Imam Ali mosque, which contains the tomb of Prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law, Ali.

The chief pathologist said the death toll from the attack which brought carnage to the area around the Imam Ali mosque - one of the holiest Shi'ite sites - right after Friday prayers now stood at ...

The cleric’s forces surround the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, one of the holiest Shi’ite shrines in Iraq. Hal Kempfer, ...

A car bomb ripped through a crowd of worshippers leaving Iraq's holiest Shiite shrine after Friday prayers, killing at least 85 people -- including a top cleric -- in the deadliest attack since ...