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The city of Najaf is poised to become a center of political and economic power as other cities in Iraq languish. But some Iraqis are wary of Iran's influence in the Shiite holy city. Many cities in ...

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 ...

After failing to capture him at home, US and Iraqi forces are closing in on the Shrine of Imam Ali as part a major offensive to crush Muqtada al-Sadr-s army--not just in Najaf, but in other parts of ...

Over several decades, he has held a wide range of key positions, from media leadership to national security policymaking and parliamentary authority.

The deadliest battles of the Iraq War are revealed in the words and deeds of those who fought there. In 2004, America fought the two deadliest battles of the Iraq War: Najaf, in the south, against the ...

1952 - Sistani moves to the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, to study with Shiite clerics there. 1990 - Is chosen by other religious figures to lead an important network of schools in Najaf. September 2002 - ...