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For the first time since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, Shi'a Iraqis celebrate the Ashura, a pilgrimage to the graves of imams Al Hussein and Al Abbas in the holy city of Kerbala. Several millions of pilgrims come not only from all parts of Iraq, but also from Iran, Pakistan or India. On the tenth day of the Ashura pilgrimage, Shi'a believers celebrate the death of Imam Hussein and his son, both killed in Kerbala in 680 AD... Over 28 civilians, among them many children, were protecting themselves from Israeli bombardments in the basement of their homes in the southern Lebanese village of Qanaa, when at least two homes were targeted by Israeli shelter bombs.

Primary location: Lebanon