Al-Abbas's (p) fighting squad: more than 5,000 security elements of its forces participate in securing the Ziyara Arba'een

The Al-Abbas's (p) fighting squad confirmed the participation of more than (5000) security elements of its forces in the security plan of the Ziyarat Arba'een and the routes of visitors, on various axes of the holy city of Karbala.

The commander of the Al-Abbas's (p) fighting squad, Sheikh Maitham al-Zaidi, said during a joint press conference with Karbala Governor Engineer Nasif al-Khatabi, that "the Ziyarat this year is witnessing a different momentum from previous years, an exceptional year, and the squad participated heavily this year in securing the Ziyarat, by deploying more than 5000 security elements, as part of its plan developed by the Holy Karbala Operations Command to secure the Ziyarat".

He added that "our units are present in various axes of the holy city of Karbala, to secure the routes of visitors and service processions, in addition to their presence and deployment in the western side of the province up to the nukhayb area, as well as we have a security and service side at border crossings to serve visitors, through the installation of checkpoints, checks and transportation of visitors".

Regarding the support mechanism provided by the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine, al-Zaidi stressed "the success of the Al-Abbas's (p) squad this year by installing a smart security monitoring system to contribute to the success of the Ziyarat plan, with financial and technical support from the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine, and its blessed efforts to make the Ziyarat Arba'een successful".

"There is great cooperation between the Al-Abbas's (p) fighting squad and the Karbala governorate, the Karbala Operations Command and the Popular Mobilization to coordinate efforts to serve the visitors of Arba'een," Zaidi said.

For his part, the governor of Karbala, engineer Nasif al-Khatabi, said that "the number of visitors entering the Holy city of Karbala is currently approximately (4 million) visitors from outside Iraq only," pointing out "the presence of logistical support by various state departments and sovereign ministries, as well as security and service cooperation and coordination with the Al-Abbas's (p) fighting squad and other security forces to secure the Ziyarat and ensure the safety of visitors".