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The Al-Sarafiya Bridge (Arabic: جسر الصرافية) crosses the River Tigris in Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in the 1940s [ 1 ] or 1950s [ 2 ] and connected the two northern Baghdad neighborhoods of Waziriyah and Utafiyah .
[15] [16] The Al-Sarafiya bridge was destroyed when an abandoned truck bomb exploded on April 12, 2007. [17] At least 10 people were killed and 26 injured, though there were reports of 20 more trapped in cars that had gone off the bridge. [18]
It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Waziriyah This page was last edited on 7 February 2025, at 13:45 (UTC). Text is ...
A man live-streamed a police chase and standoff on a bridge at I-35W and Loop 820 in Fort Worth on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. The major interchange was shut down for several hours.
Al-Sarafiya Bridge at night. Among the major bridges connecting Karkh and Rusafa are 14th of July Bridge, Al-Aimmah Bridge and Al-Sarafiya Bridge. [173] In 2023, the authorities announced to build 19 bridges in Baghdad. [173] It is a part of its post-war reconstruction efforts, as many bridges were damaged during the war. [173]
1929 – Al-Maktabatil Aammah (public library) active. 1931 – Strike. [30] 1936 – Military coup. [9] 1940 – Iraqi Music Institute inaugurated. [31] 1941 - Iraqi coup d'état in Baghdad, World War II; 1941 May: Anglo-Iraqi War. [32] June: Farhud (pogrom against Jews). 1944 – Baghdad Symphony Orchestra founded. 1946 – Al-Sarafiya bridge ...
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Bab al-Talsim (Arabic: باب الطلسم), also known as Bab al-Halba or Talisman Gate, was expanded and restored in 1220 by Caliph al-Nasir, who left a decorative friezes and inscriptions around the gate. The gate was destroyed by the Ottoman troops in 1917 during their withdrawal from Baghdad, in order to prevent it from being turned into a ...