Media Department: more than 200 media outlets participated in covering the Ashura rituals

The Media Department at the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine announced the participation of more than (200) media outlets in covering the rituals of Ziyarat Ashura.

The director of the media coordination center of the Department, Mr. Osama Badr al-Janabi, said that "the center has issued (221) press cards that allow media professionals to photograph and move around the holy shrines of Imam al-Hussayn and al-Abbas (peace be upon them), the square between the two Shrines and the surrounding area".

"We have started to prepare the logistics of receiving journalists, media institutions and a number of Arab and foreign agencies, including by providing meals and accommodation, to cover the rituals of the Ziyarat of Ashura of Imam al-Hussayn and his family(peace be upon them) and his companions,"he added.

"The media coordination center represents the link between the media of the Al-Abbas's (p) Shrine and media institutions," al-Janabi said, noting that " the distributed cards are approved by the Two Holy Shrines and the security services.

The center has the tasks of overcoming obstacles for media workers coming from outside the country, who do not know the city and how to deal with the security services, according to al-Janabi.