Tag Archives: Dhi Qar

A large military force has been deployed in the district of al-Shatra, northern Dhi Qar, a local officer revealed on Thursday. The Commissioner of al-Shatra, Haidar Ghaleb, said that a brigade of the Iraqi army was deployed in the city in the aftermath of the recent security turbulence. “The army …

An explosive device blew up on Friday targeting the US-led Coalition in Dhi Qar, southern Iraq. No causality was reported. There was no claim of responsibility. A few months ago, the Iraqi authorities issued warnings of repeated targeting of foreign forces and diplomatic missions. On January 5, the Iraqi parliament …

Al-Chabayish Tourism and Environment Organization in Dhi Qar Governorate announced the recording of the highest number of Iraqi and foreign tourists entered this season on Friday. The director of the organization, Raad al-Asadi, said in a press statement, “The marshes area in the district of Chabayish, the far south of …

The director of the Dhi Qar Antiquities Department, Amer Abdul Razzaq, revealed, on Tuesday, a serious trend by the central and local government in the province to develop the archaeological city of Ur and preserve the importance of its cultural history, while announcing the increase in the number of foreign …

A reliable government source revealed that Iraq will soon open a border crossing with Gulf countries. The source told Alghadeer News that Iraq has reached advanced phases in the agreement on opening the Awjat Al-Batin border crossing that connects Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait in the desert of al-Muthanna Governorate. …

A security source reported today that a logistics convoy of the Global Coalition had been targeted in Baghdad, for the third time today. The source told Alghadeer News that an explosive device targeted a convoy of the Global Coalition while crossing the governorate’s borders. No causalities were registered. Earlier today, …

A blast from a roadside bomb reportedly hit a convoy of the US-led Global coalition in the southern governorate of Dhi Qar today, Sunday. A source told ِAlghadeer News agency that the explosion targeted a supply convoy of the Coalition on the Nasiriyah highway. The attack resulted in no casualties …

Summary | Fire kills at least 66, injures another 67 Iraqi PM orders arrest of Nassiriya officials Angry relatives clash with police near the hospital At least 66 people were killed and over 67 injured in a fire likely caused by an oxygen tank explosion at a coronavirus hospital in …

At least 41 people were killed and five injured in a coronavirus hospital fire in Iraq’s southern city of Nassiriya, Dhi Qar. “Health crews carried charred bodies out of the burning hospital while many patients were coughing from the rising smoke”, an Alghadeer reporter on the fire site said. Dhi …

A number of Russian scientists discovered an ancient and unknown settlement around Tal Duhaila in southern Iraq.

A security source reported today that a logistics convoy of the US-led coalition had been targeted south of Iraq. The source told Alghadeer News, “An explosive device exploded this evening, targeting a logistics convoy of the Global Coalition while crossing the Nasiriyah highway.” According to the source, three members of …

The Iraqi Commission for Human Rights in Iraq announced today that it had documented 87 suicides and attempted suicides in the country during the first half of the current year. Commission member Fadel Al-Gharawi said in a statement that the outbreak of COVID-19, the deterioration of the economic situation, unemployment, …

A medical source reported that the two mucormycosis (Black Fungus) death had been registered in Dhi Qar southern Iraq. The source said that the disease was discovered by coincidence upon the death of the first patient. “The man’s initial death document stated that he died from a fungus in the …

An official security source revealed on Tuesday that a fight erupted in Al- Habboubi sit-in square in the center of Nasiriyah, the local capital of Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq, killing two people and wounding another. “A fight occurred in Al- Habboubi sit-in at dawn today causing the death of …

Protestors in Iraq on Wednesday blocked the entrance of two oil refineries in southern Iraq as nationwide demonstrations rage on. Security and oil sources said demonstrators blocked the entrance of the Nassiriya oil refinery, obstructing tankers that transport fuel to petrol stations from entering the facility, Reuters reports. The incident …