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The Independent
November 16, 2017
Mr Araji, a long-time leader of the militant Shia Badr Organisation, got his job as Interior Minister last year when his predecessor resigned in the wake of an Isis car bomb that killed over 300 people in the Karada district in central Baghdad. He says that this could happen again, but is much less likely nowÃâà...
The Independent
November 16, 2017
Mr Araji, a long-time leader of the militant Shia Badr Organisation, got his job as Interior Minister last year when his predecessor resigned in the wake of an Isis car bomb that killed over 300 people in the Karada district in central Baghdad. He says that this could happen again, but is much less likely nowÃâà...
Rudaw
September 1, 2017
BAGHDAD, Iraq – The office of the Iraqi Prime Minister has denied that they were aware of the deal struck between Lebanese Hezbollah militias, Syrian Army and ISIS militants that aimed to secure the transfer of hundreds of ISIS fighters from the Syrian-Lebanese border to the Iraqi-Syrian border over theÃâà...
Aljazeera.com (blog)
July 3, 2017
Karada, in central Baghdad, is home to churches, mosques and a synagogue. Artists and politicians, liberals and conservatives live here or visit the district's numerous cafes, bars, restaurants, bookshops and galleries. Its streets are lined with food stalls. Smoke from grilled meat fills the sky, but the scent ofÃâà...
Aljazeera.com (blog)
July 3, 2017
Karada, in central Baghdad, is home to churches, mosques and a synagogue. Artists and politicians, liberals and conservatives live here or visit the district's numerous cafes, bars, restaurants, bookshops and galleries. Its streets are lined with food stalls. Smoke from grilled meat fills the sky, but the scent ofÃâà...
NBCNews.com
May 29, 2017
BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomb exploded at a popular ice cream parlor packed with families breaking their fast as part of the holy month of ... The explosion occurred around midnight local time (5 p.m. ET), the officer said, and targeted restaurants and the famous ice cream parlor in the district of Karada.
The Sydney Morning Herald
May 29, 2017
At least 13 people are reported dead and 24 injured after a car bomb exploded in Baghdad's Karrada district in the early hours of Tuesday morning local time. The bomb targeted diners breaking their fast at a popular outdoor eating area of the upper middle class district.
The Sydney Morning Herald
May 29, 2017
At least 13 people are reported dead and 24 injured after a car bomb exploded in Baghdad's Karrada district in the early hours of Tuesday morning local time. The bomb targeted diners breaking their fast at a popular outdoor eating area of the upper middle class district.
Rudaw
April 28, 2017
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A car bomb exploded in the central Baghdad neighborhood of Karada, killing several people and leaving a large fire burning late into ... The explosion has targeted Rasafa's transportation directorate's car park, causing damage to many police and civilian vehicles, Baghdad's ProvincialÃâà...
Xinhua
April 28, 2017
Iraqi security forces check the site of a suicide bombing in Karrada district of Baghdad, capital of Iraq, on April 29, 2017. At least five people were killed and ten others wounded Friday evening in a bomb attack in the downtown Karada district of Baghdad, according to local police. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood).
CNN
January 12, 2017
But all was shattered about 45 minutes after midnight when the sound of an explosion reverberated through the entire neighborhood. .... The night of the Karrada bombing, countless people in Baghdad waited to hear about their loved ones, gripped by the kind of uncertainty and fear that many AmericansÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
September 12, 2016
... Eid al-Fitr (the Festival of Breaking the Fast), pushed authorities to close Karada to street traffic, crippling business in the area. Karada has often been a target for Islamic State precisely because it usually draws large crowds. The extremist group considers the Shiites who populate the neighborhood to beÃâà...
Iraqi News
September 6, 2016
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Ministry of Interior revealed that 29 persons have been either killed or wounded in the explosion of a car bomb in Karada area in central Baghdad. Sharing further details with Iraqi News, the source informed, “A booby-trapped vehicle exploded, at eveningÃâà...
The Independent
July 8, 2016
Isis also claimed a triple suicide attack near a Shia holy site north of Baghdad, which killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 60 late on Thursday night. Several gunmen are alleged to have opened fire on Shia Muslims who were celebrating the end of the month of Ramadan at a mausoleum inÃâà...
The Independent
July 8, 2016
The death toll from the deadliest single car bombing in Baghdad since the 2003 Iraq War has reached nearly 300. Iraq's health ministry said 292 people were ... Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi dismissed three officials in charge of Baghdad's security on Friday. A statement posted on his Facebook pageÃâà...
CNBC
July 7, 2016
The IS suicide bomber had detonated his explosives in Baghdad's central Karada neighborhood, outside a shopping mall in a street crammed with people preparing for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr . The area, packed with shops, cafes and restaurants, had swelled overnight with Baghdad residentsÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
July 4, 2016
More than 200 people have been killed in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, in a suicide bombing attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group. The bomb early on Sunday struck a crowded shopping area in the Karada district in central Baghdad, as people were gatheringÃâà...
