Answering Ayatollah Sistani’s call, Iraqis support those in need amid coronavirus outbreak

Thousands of people across Iraq have begun a full-fledged campaign to support those in need in the Arab country following a call by the country’s most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to help the people, irrespective of their race or religion, amid the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.

News ID: 449911

Date: 05 April 2020 - 21:18

RNA - Social media activists reported that volunteers have gathered in mosques and congregation halls in the capital Baghdad, the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, the port city of Basra and elsewhere in the country to keep low-income families supplied with food.

Iraqi food baskets