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.
The travel alert came after the January 3 US drone attack that killed Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, that has led to outrage and revenge threats from Tehran.
It would be pesumptuous quite yet to hazard a guess on whether Friday’s killing of General Qassem Suleimani in a drone attack at Baghdad airport ~ and on the orders of Donald Trump ~ could ignite a war.
Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 75.54 per litre, the highest in more than a year, while a litre of diesel comes for Rs 68.51
The low-key response of the Iraqi authorities is a striking feature of the siege by Iranian militants, who waved the banner of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), an umbrella group for disparate Shia militias operating in Iraq.
According to the embassy's statement, "US citizens should depart via airline while possible, and failing that, to other countries via land".