Iraqi authorities have removed nearly 30 kilometers of concrete blast walls across Baghdad in the past six months in the wake of a significant improvement of security situation. “Over the last six months, we removed 18,000 T-walls in Baghdad, including 14,000 in the Green Zone alone,” said Staff Lieutenant General ...
Local Iraqi media outlets say several explosions have been heard near the US embassy in Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone, without providing any information about the circumstances surrounding the incident. The Iraqi satellite television channel Afaq TV, citing a report published by Arabic-language Ababeel news agency, said the diplomatic mission sounded ...