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Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg attends the reopening ceremony of the Austrian embassy in Baghdad, September 12, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg attends the reopening ceremony of the Austrian embassy in Baghdad, September 12, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather in the shrine city of Karbala on the eve of Arbaeen religious festival commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein, Sept. 5, 2023. (Photo; Hussein Faleh/AFP)
Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather in the shrine city of Karbala on the eve of Arbaeen religious festival commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein, Sept. 5, 2023. (Photo; Hussein Faleh/AFP)