Will killers of Iraq’s activists finally face justice?
Islam News – “Who killed me?” the signs asked, alongside images of dead men and women, among the roughly 80 Iraqi activists murdered since late 2019. Young demonstrators held aloft … Read More
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82 killed in Iraq as fire erupts at COVID-19 hospital
IslamNews – At least 82 people died in a huge hospital fire Saturday night in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry saidAnother 110 people were injured in … Read More
Car bomb blast kills four in Baghdad’s Sadr City
IslamNews -Four people were killed and another 17 wounded in a car bomb attack on Thursday in the sprawling Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraqi police and medical sources said. … Read More
Two rockets land near air base hosting US troops in Iraq
IslamNews – Two rockets hit near an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers north of Baghdad on Sunday, three days ahead of a new “strategic dialogue” with Washington, a security source … Read More
Rockets fired at U.S. embassy land inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, damaging compound
Islam News – At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy, causing some minor damage on the compound on … Read More
Explosion hits southern Baghdad weapons depot, blamed on heat
BAGHDAD: A weapons depot belonging to Iraq’s federal police force exploded on Sunday in Baghdad’s southern suburbs because of high summer temperatures and poor storage, the military said in a … Read More