Iraq implements odd-even traffic restriction to curb COVID-19
World | May 05, 2020 7:46 ISTThe Iraqi authorities imposed new health restrictions, including using odd-even vehicle rationing system, to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic.
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.
After Pentagon said that almost 50 US servicemen suffered brain injuries in Iran rocket strike earlier in January, it belies President Donald Trump’s initial claim that no Americans were harmed.
Abu Abdul Bari, an ISIS hate preacher was caught off guard when the Iraqi forces raided a suspected location in Mosul. Having caught him alive, the Iraqi military had a tough task at hand to transport the 254-kilogram ISIS sympathetic. The troops deployed flatbed to carry the terrorist.
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has said that he shares President Donald Trump's views that additional attacks by Iran on US embassies was a likely situation but there was no specific evidence that it was plotting an attack on four US embassies.
Iraq's Ambassador to Iran Saad Jawad Qandil on Monday said that the Gulf nation could purchase the Russian S-300 defence system. This comes as Iraq has seen several aerial attacks in the last few days.
US President Trump said his National Security Adviser suggested that sanctions and protests have Iran “choked off”, will force them to negotiate, amid escalating tensions with Tehran following the killing of Qasem Soleimani in a US airstrike and Iran launching missile attacks at Iraqi airbase.
Balad air base in Iraq came under rocket attack once again on Sunday, January 13. As per sources, 4 Iraqi soldiers were injured as the base hosting US soldiers came under attack late Sunday night. The nature of the attack is yet unknown with different sources claiming it was a mortar bomb/rocket attack.
Four rockets have hit Balad airbase in Iraq that hosts US troops. Four troops are reportedly injured. As per Reuters, the attack involves mortar shelling. The news agency said that mortar bombs fell on the airbase's runway. The airbase is located 80 km north of Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday had a telephonic conversation with his counterparts from Iraq and Bahrain as part of its diplomatic outreach in the context of the evolving situation in the Middle East.
US and British top leaderships on Thursday claimed that it was 'highly likely' that Iran shot down the civilian Ukrainian jetliner that crashed after taking off from Tehran airport on Tuesday. The officials have said that there is a major possibility that Iran downed the aircraft by mistake and blamed it on engine failure to cover its tracks.
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It is worth noting that Iran has a unique advantage in Middle East/West Asia, due to its geographical position. USA is engaged in long-drawn wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Afghanistan has seen a major resurgence of Taliban and other terrorist outfits whom the US had vowed to eliminate after 9-11 terror attacks in 2001.
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