Over 17 million Shiites head to Karbala to mark Arbaeen Day
World | Dec 13, 2014, 11:27 AM ISTBaghdad: More than 17 million Shiite pilgrims traveled to Karbala, south of Baghdad, for the Arbaeen religious festival at the end of a 40-day mourning period on the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein,