Leuchtendes Andenken: Mit Kerzen erinnern diese Männer im irakischen Karbala an den Milizenführer Abu Mahdi al-Muhandi (auf dem Plakat links neben dem schiitischen Geistlichen Großajatollah Ali as-Sistani) und den iranischen Revolutionsgarden-General Qassim Soleimani, die am 3. Januar 2020 in Bagdad bei einem US-Drohnenangriff getötet wurden.
TOPSHOT - Iraqis light candles behind a poster bearing portraits of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (L) - the deputy chief of Iraq's largely pro-Iran Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force - and Ayatollah Ali Husaini al-Sistani ahead of the first anniversary of a US drone strike, that killed al-Muhandis as well as Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani in the holy city of Karbala, on January 2, 2021. - The US sent shock waves through the Middle East on January 3, 2020, with the targeted killing of Iran's General Qasem Soleimani and his Iraqi lieutenant, which infuriated the Islamic republic and its allies. (Photo by Mohammed SAWAF / AFP)