Abdallah al-Salam

Many pil­grims among Iraq’s Shia ma­jor­i­ty per­form an­nu­al Shaa­baniya pil­grim­age to Kar­bala re­mote­ly, to curb virus.

Iran-backed Shia armed groups call on Pres­i­dent Sal­ih to step down for ‘dis­re­spect­ing’ Iraqi sov­er­eign­ty and blood.