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Hezbollah Leader to Address Mourning Ceremony on Arbaeen

11:46 - January 02, 2013
News ID: 2474397
Secretary general of the Lebanese Resistance Movement Hezbollah will address mourners on Arbaeen in the city of Baalbek.
Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah will deliver his speech on Thursday via video conference, the lebanonfiles website reported.
According to Muhammad Yaqi, Hezbollah’s official in Beqqa Valley, it will be the third consecutive year in which Nasrallah addresses the Arbaeen ceremony.
He said 3 large-screen TVs will broadcast the speech for the participants in the Baalbek mourning ceremony.
Yaqi added that 30 cameras will cover the program for the Al-Minar TV.
He noted that preparations have been underway in the past three weeks for the program.
Ahmed Ria, Hezbollah’s media official in the Beqqa region predicted that 60,000 people will attend the ceremony on Arbaeen, the day that marks the anniversary of the 40th day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions in Karbala.
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