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BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Multiple Katyusha rockets were fired near Baghdad International Airport, two Iraqi military officials told Reuters early on Tuesday, but a U.S. official disputed reports that U ...
Baghdad International Airport (IATA: BGW, ICAO: ORBI), previously Saddam International Airport from 1982 to 2003, (IATA: SDA, ICAO: ORBS) (Arabic: مطار بغداد الدولي, romanized: Maṭār Baġdād ad-Dawaliyy) is Iraq's largest international airport, located in a suburb about 16 km (9.9 mi) west of downtown Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate.
Soleimani, formerly one of Iran’s most powerful men, was killed by a US airstrike ordered by former President Donald Trump at Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.
The expected visit by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to Baghdad Wednesday would be his first official trip abroad since taking office. Iraq’s security media cell said in a statement that an explosion was heard at 11 p.m. at the airport, in an area used by advisers to the U.S.-led international coalition.
Baghdad International Airport Camp: Honor: Green Zone/Baghdad: Baghdad: 2006: Iraqi Prison [16] Camp: Hotel (Najaf) Camp: Hurricane Point (Ar Ramadi) Al Anbar: Camp: Husaybah: Al-Qa'im: Al Anbar: 2009: Renamed Camp Gannon: Camp: Independence Camp Headhunter FOB Headhunter: Ali Saleh: Baghdad: Al Muthana Air Base 2 Platoons of HHC 4–64 AR, 4th ...
A cafeteria fire filled a departures hall at Baghdad International Airport with smoke on November 15, but flights from the airport were not affected before the blaze was put out, officials told ...
The 2004 Good Friday ambush was an attack by Iraqi insurgents on April 9, 2004 during the Iraq War on a convoy of United States supply trucks during the Battle of Baghdad International Airport. It happened in the midst of the Iraq spring fighting of 2004, which saw intensified clashes throughout the country.
The Pentagon said that the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Trump.