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Ashura mourning processions kick off in Lebanon

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Mariam Saleh
Press TV, Beirut

Muslims in Lebanon and across the globe are marking the annual Ashura processions to commemorate the martyrdom of 3rd Shia imam, Imam Hussein, who is a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. As our Lebanon correspondent Mariam Saleh reports, the ceremonies kicked off in Beirut with a speech by Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.


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