Roadside bomb attack kills 10 in Baghdad; 20 injured
World | Jul 19, 2021, 10:18 PM ISTA roadside bomb attack targeted a Baghdad suburb on Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding at least 20 others, two Iraqi security officials said.
A roadside bomb attack targeted a Baghdad suburb on Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding at least 20 others, two Iraqi security officials said.
A fire swept through a coronavirus ward in southern Iraq, killing at least 50 people and injuring dozens more, Iraqi medical officials said late Monday.
The new cases were detected in the small poultry farm on June 24 in a village near the provincial capital Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, Mahmoud Farhan al-Shammari, head of the veterinary hospital in Diyala said
TVS Motor Company on Monday opened a new showroom in Baghdad with distribution partner Ritaj International General Trade LLC.
The Iranian Civil Aviation Organization announced that all flights to the country from Iraq have been suspended for a week in an effort to curb the spread of a Covid-19 strain.
The rockets struck Ain al-Asad airbase in Anbar province at 7:20 a.m., coalition spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto said. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
The airstrike in Syria was the first military action undertaken by the Biden administration. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he recommended the action to Biden.
The rare suicide bombing attack hit the Bab al-Sharqi commercial area in central Baghdad amid heightened political tensions over planned early elections and a severe economic crisis.
Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said Tuesday the U.S. will reduce troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan by mid-January, asserting that the decision fulfills President Donald Trump’s pledge to bring forces home from America’s long wars even as Republicans and U.S. allies warn of the dangers of withdrawing before conditions are right.
Rockets struck Iraq’s capital Tuesday with four landing inside the heavily fortified Green Zone, Iraq’s military said, killing a child and wounding at least five people, signaling an end to an informal truce announced by Iran-backed militias in October.
Every chapter of Iraq’s modern history can be seen in the sprawling cemetery of Wadi al-Salam outside the holy city of Najaf. Its sandy expanse is growing, this time with coronavirus victims.
While most of the world is suffering from the coronavirus outbreak, an old foe in Iraq is reportedly taking full advantage of the lack of spotlight in the middle east. As per the claims made by the Norwegian forces stationed in Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has ben taking advantage of the challenges posed by the coronavirus across the planet and rebuilding its lines in the process.
The Iraqi authorities imposed new health restrictions, including using odd-even vehicle rationing system, to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic.
Iraq President Barham Salih has named country's intelligence head Al-Kadhimi as the new Prime Minister who will replace Adnan al-Zurfi, previous designated Prime Minister who failed to form the government after political blocks did not support his candidature.
The Iraqi Health Ministry has confirmed two more deaths from COVID-19 and 30 new cases, bringing the total number of the infected to 346.
At least three rockets struck Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone near the American Embassy late Tuesday, a day after an attack on a training base south of Baghdad where U.S.-led coalition troops and NATO trainers were present, Iraqi security officials said. It was the fourth such attack in the span of a week.
It is the first death from the novel coronavirus in Iraq, said Sabah Hourami from the health authority of Sulaimaniyah in the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, in a statement, Xinhua reported.
A Jhunjhunu family is running from pillar to post to bring back the body of their relative who died in Iraq's capital Baghdad over two weeks ago.
A rocket hit a military base in Iraq's province of Kirkuk on Thursday. As per local media reports, the military base that houses US troops was hit in the evening.
The attack came a week after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Baghdad upon the request of the prominent Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr, in which he called for a scheduled withdrawal of US troops from Iraq through peaceful means.
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