Over three million and 200 thousand pilgrims entered Iraq during Arbaeen Pilgrimage, according to BPC

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  • 23-08-2024, 12:15
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    INA-  Baghdad


    The Border Ports Commission, BPC, released a new figure on the number of pilgrims entering Iraq this Friday as part of the Arbaeen Pilgrimage.

    "The number of arrivals from 6 August 2024 until 22 August 2024 through 10 ports, namely (Safwan, Shalamjah, Al-Sheeb, Zarbatiya, Al-Mandhariyah, Al-Qaim, Baghdad Airport, Najaf Al-Ashraf Airport, Haj Omran, Bashmaq), reached 3280169 pilgrims," the Commission's spokesman, Alaa al-Din al-Qaisi, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA).


     "During the period mentioned above, 1878533 pilgrims were departing through these ports," he stated.
     

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