Karbala

IRAQ: Brigade 79 of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF/Hashd al Shaabi) has deployed and is securing the Yusufiyah area along the Baghdad to Karbala highway in preparation for the Arbaeen pilgrimage.

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NEW: Iraq is about to become the stage for 2 rival power plays: Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral in the Shia cities of Najaf and Karbala, and the new Iraqi prime minister’s visit to Washington to meet President Trump.

Iran's President Pezeshkian heads to Iraq Tuesday for Khamenei's funeral, held Wednesday in Najaf and Karbala.

Kurdish24 reports that a civilian aircraft has crashed in Iraq’s western desert between Karbala and Anbar provinces.

This is a report which still needs corroboration.

Days after the U.S. DOJ posted a $10 million bounty on his head, Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi, leader of the Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kata'ib Hezbollah, appeared at a "victory rally" in Karbala, southern Iraq, covering his face with a keffiyeh, a COVID mask, and sunglasses.