Four Million Pilgrims From 140 Nations Converge on Iraq for Arba'een
The 2025 pilgrimage marks a record with over 4.1 million attendees; Iraqi Red Crescent provided medical aid to more than 1.8 million pilgrims, officials said.
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For Shi’ite pilgrims in Iraq's deserts, suffering strengthens faith
KARBALA, Iraq (Reuters) -Majid al-Kareem is poorly equipped for his 500 km pilgrimage by foot through the scorching deserts of southern Iraq. He wears sandals and black clothes that absorb the heat, and carries a wooden broom handle for a…
On Thursday, the official spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior, Colonel Abbas al-Bahadli, announced that the number of arrivals from outside Iraq for the 40th visit ceremony to date stood at $4 million and 100,000. The Bahadali told the News Shafiq Agency, "The visitors came from 140 different countries, the security agencies and the services continue to implement their plans to ensure the flow of visitors and to provide them with the righ…
The Ministry of Interior announced today, Thursday, that more than 4 million foreign visitors participated in the Arbaeen pilgrimage. Ministry spokesman Colonel Abbas al-Bahadli said in a press statement, "Iraq received 4.1 million visitors."
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