Baghdad: Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah arrived in the holy city of Karbala on Sunday accompanied by a high-level military delegation to oversee security preparations for the Arbaeen pilgrimage, the Defence Ministry said in a statement, received by The Iraqi News Agency-INA.

According to Iraqi News Agency, the ministry stated that Yarallah’s visit was aimed at following up on the security plan for the Arbaeen pilgrimage.