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The Arab Weekly
March 3, 2018
“Regardless of what they claim, these are charlatans practising magic and sorcery under the guise of religion,” said General Khaled al-Mahna, director of Baghdad's community police. “We have detected some 65 sorcery centres operating openly but there are as many, if not more, operating clandestinely inÃâà...
Kuwait News Agency
February 4, 2018
... Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will sponsor and attend inauguration of Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Center in Al-Shaab district at 5:45 p.m. (14:45 GMT). ... BAGHDAD -- Not until the dust has settled in northern Iraq's Mosul after a three-year vicious war against the so-called Islamic State (IS), that people startedÃâà...
Iraqi News
January 17, 2018
On Tuesday, three people, including a military conscript, were killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire against them in al-Shaab region, north of Baghdad. Violence in the country has surged further with the emergence of Islamic State extremist militants who proclaimed an “Islamic Caliphate” in Iraq andÃâà...
BBC News
January 15, 2018
Two suicide bombers have killed at least 35 people and injured 90 in an attack on a Baghdad square where day labourers gather to look for work. They set off their devices at intervals, sending people scattering across Tayaran Square in the centre of the Iraqi capital. Scores of labourers are said to beÃâà...
Metro Report International
December 6, 2017
A 20 km elevated light rail line is proposed for Baghdad, which would link Mustansiriyah, Shaab, Wazireya, Alsarafiya bridge, Al-Khadumia, Al-Muthanna airport and Allawi. It is envisaged that Alstom would supply the rolling stock, electromechanical systems, track and associated civil works. The proposedÃâà...
Fightmag
November 14, 2017
Iraqi-English kickboxer Riyadh Al-Azzawi is ready for his next bout. Following a set of victories collected in London, the event marks the return of “The Golden Champion” to his country of birth, Iraq. Al-Azzawi headlines Kickboxing Grand Prix, facing off Polish heavyweight Tanislav Tomashevkii. The eventÃâà...
Iraqi News
August 29, 2017
“A bomb, placed near a sheep market in Suwaib region in south Baghdad, exploded in the morning leaving two civilians killed and three others wounded,” the source told AlSumaria News. “Another IED exploded in al-Shaab region in northern Baghdad, which left a citizen injured,” the source, who preferredÃâà...
Iraqi News
August 19, 2017
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) On Monday, a source within the police force stated, that one civilian was killed and 3 others were injured in an explosion that occurred north east of Baghdad. The source said, “This evening, a bomb which was emplaced on the side of the road in al-Sha'ab neighborhood in northÃâà...
Iraqi News
March 22, 2017
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) One civilian was killed and six others were wounded on Wednesday in two separate bomb blasts north and west of Baghdad, according to security sources. An explosive device placed on the side of al-Seha road in al-Shaab, north of baghdad, exploded, leaving one personÃâà...
BBC News
October 15, 2016
At least 35 people have died in a suicide attack targeting Shia in Iraq's capital Baghdad, officials say. More than 60 were ... IS said in a statement, published through the messaging service Telegram, that the attack on Saturday was carried out "in the middle of a gathering" in the Shaab area of Baghdad.
Voice of America
October 15, 2016
A suicide bomber in Baghdad killed more than 35 people and wounded over 50 others Saturday in an attack on Shi'ite Muslim religious observances. Some accounts from the northern Baghdad district of al-Shaab indicated casualties could be considerably higher. A tweet sent in the name of the IslamicÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
May 17, 2016
Three bombings in Baghdad have killed at least 70 people and wounded more than 100, police and medical sources say, as a wave of violence continues unabated in the Iraqi capital. A suicide bombing on Tuesday in a marketplace in the northern, mainly Shia district of al-Shaab killed 38 people andÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
May 17, 2016
Three bombings in Baghdad have killed at least 70 people and wounded more than 100, police and medical sources say, as a wave of violence continues unabated in the Iraqi capital. A suicide bombing on Tuesday in a marketplace in the northern, mainly Shia district of al-Shaab killed 38 people andÃâà...
Kurdistan24
December 31, 1999
FIFA's Friday decision came after an international friendly match was held between Saudi Arabia and Iraq in Basra on Feb. 28, one of only two played on Iraqi soil in four decades. The only other international match was an unofficial one between Iraq and the Palestinian team which took place in Baghdad's Shaab stadium inÃâà...
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