Shafaq News / The local government of Nineveh Governorate decided on Wednesday to reopen mosques to worshipers to perform Tarawih prayers (refers to additional ritual prayers performed by Muslims at night after the Isha prayer during the holy month of Ramadan).

"The head of the crisis cell, Governor of Nineveh Najm al-Jubouri, instructed to allow opening mosques to establish Tarawih prayers exclusively from today," a statement issued by the governorate said to Shafaq News Agency.

This decision comes despite the increase in cases of coronavirus infection in the country, as Iraq recorded 119 new cases of corona virus on Wednesday, which is the highest daily outcome recorded by the country since the emergence of the pandemic, in addition to three new deaths.