in 2006 it was reopened after 3 years of being closed after the Iraq war in 2003, the reopening was heavily supported by Sayyid Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani. The new library included new divisions that were not existed in the old library, many specialized divisions and units were developed in order to cope with the requirements of the new era after the Iraq war and to handle the scientific requirements by the students of the Iraqi universities and researchers.[3]