In Baghdad a major security operation is held to ensure a sheer religious festival attended by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims has passed off with no large-scale violence.

• 成百上千名朝圣者在巴格达参加一个纯宗教节日，为确保该节日期间不发生大规模暴力事件，巴格达方面启动了高级保安行动。