BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq is to bar entry to religious pilgrims to the country, its government health committee said in a statement on Monday, just weeks ahead of a Shi'ite Muslim pilgrimage which is the largest annual religious gathering in the world.
Arbaeen, due in early October, usually draws millions of people to the holy city of Kerbala.
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