UpdateAncient Darb Zubaydah lives on as modern gateway for Iraq’s Hajj pilgrimsHistoric Abbasid-era route now linked to state-of-the-art Jadidat Arar crossingCenturies-old engineering legacy underpins today’s organized pilgrimage flowBy Arab News · 27 April 2026
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