Tag Archives: Baghdad

429 new Coronavirus cases reported in Iraq, 10 deaths.

Iraq reported 429 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Monday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 80 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 47 cases, Medical City: 45 cases, Basra: 22 cases, Najaf: 6 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 102 cases, Dohuk: …

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Iraq reports 87 coronavirus infections, 7 new deaths.

Iraq reported 87 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Friday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 26 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 21 cases, Medical City: 1 case, Basra: 2 cases, Najaf: 1 case, Sulaymaniyah: 5 cases, Erbil: …

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Iraq reported 57 new Coronavirus infections Tuesday

Iraq reported 51 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 26 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 20 cases, Medical City: 5 cases, Basra: 4 cases, Najaf: 1 case, Sulaymaniyah: 1 case. The …

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Casualties as a minibus Exploded in Baghdad

One person was killed and at least two others injured when a homemade bomb exploded inside a minibus to transport passengers southeast of the capital Baghdad, Iraqi police officer said on Tuesday A homemade bomb placed inside a vehicle of transporting passengers, exploded as it was passing through Al-Madaen district, …

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ISIS destroy two energy towers in Iraq

ISIS elements blew up two towers and partially destroyed a third in the outskirts of al- Mansouriya sub-district, 45 km northeast of Baquba, a local source said in Diyala on Tuesday. ISIS elements detonated two towers and damaged a third tower after targeting them with explosive devices in “Al-Tina” village, …

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Iraq’s treasury almost empty: Prime Minister

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said Tuesday he has assumed power as the country’s treasury was almost empty. “When I assumed responsibility I found only an almost empty treasury and an unenviable situation after 17 years of change,” al-Kadhimi said in an article published by Baghdad Today newspaper. “Our sovereignty …

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Protesters storm MBC Iraq office, close it: report

Protesters stormed on Monday, the office of MBC Iraq/ Saudi Arabia, refusing to describe Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis as a terrorist in a report. MBC Iraq presented a report that talked about on the bombing that targeted the US embassy in Kuwait in the eighties of the last century by the …

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Iraq imposes chicken curfew after bird flu case detected

The Iraqi government has imposed a curfew on the country’s chickens, the authorities said on Monday, after discovering one that was infected with bird flu north of Baghdad. The announcement came as the new government of Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi declared that its priority is to combat the novel …

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Iraq faces full local lockdowns as virus cases jump

Iraq will impose a complete lockdown on some areas of the capital, the country’s new health minister said on Monday, amid an uptick in coronavirus cases in recent weeks since curfew hours were relaxed. The new government under Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has sworn into power just two weeks ago …

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Iraq reported 50 new Coronavirus infections Friday

Iraq reported 50 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Friday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 7 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 10 cases, Medical City: 14 cases, Basra: 13 cases, Maysan: 1 case, Sulaimaniyah: 5 cases. The …

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Crisis Cell warns of “human disaster” in Baghdad

The head of the Parliamentary Crisis Cell, Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi considered the epidemiological situation of recorded infections of Corona Virus Tuesday, and its rise in Baghdad to 71, a very serious alarm bell, warning of a “human and health disaster” in Iraq. “The main and direct reason behind the increase …

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