Iraq announces Tuesday as an official holiday

Shafaq News/ The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers announced the suspension of official working hours on Tuesday on the occasion of the Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram  , the first month in the Islamic calendar . It marks the day that Imam Hussain Bin Ali (PBUT), the grandson of the Islamic prophet Mohammed (PBUH), was killed in the Battle of Karbala and the revival of Ashura visit.

Kurdistan region has announced an official holiday on Monday commemorating the occasion.