Residents of a refugee camp in Karbala appeared confident that the strength they draw from Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussain, who laid down his life fighting an unjust ruler there in the seventh century, will see them through
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Iraq Diaries: How ISIS Met Its Match In Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi
Volunteers of al-Hashd al-Shaabi were deployed as shock troops and negated ISIS's advantages of surprise, sudden attack, and ambush
How Baghdad Rose To Become World’s Cultural Lodestar
Baghdad quickly became the world's cultural lodestar after its foundation, which has been described as 'a glorious milestone in the history of urban design' and 'a landmark for civilisation', in the eighth century