Terrorists responsible for Baghdad bombing arrested: PM
Last week, 30 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in the bomb explosion at a crowded market in Sadr city
Last week, 30 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in the bomb explosion at a crowded market in Sadr city
An investigation has been launched following which more details will be available
Sisi arrived in Baghdad, marking the first visit by an Egyptian head of state since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 and worsened Iraq-Egypt ties.
By choosing Iraq as his first port of call since the pandemic began, Pope Francis waded directly into the issues of war and peace, and poverty and religious strife, in an ancient biblical land. “This trip is emblematic,” he said, calling it “a duty to a land martyred for many years.”
Three years later, the bombers blew themselves up among a crowd of shoppers. Baghdad remains ever so volatile, indeed a capital where tension rages beneath the tenor of normal life, with violence and killings a further inch beneath.
None of the attacks have been claimed but Washington has repeatedly blamed Iran-backed military factions in Iraq.
Friday's demonstration comes three weeks after a US attack near Baghdad airport killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and several Iraqi Shiite militia leaders on January 3.
At best, the world can reasonably expect an end to unilateral action, once again a departure from the strategy in Iraq.
These protests come amid an escalation of tensions in the Middle East which was set off by the killing of Soleimani on January 3.
Far from an essay towards defusing the ferment, Trump’s statement of intent comes after the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, defended the assertion that the drone strike against Suleimani in Baghdad prevented an imminent attack on US interests.
