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The United States escalated on Monday its tone against pro-Iran armed factions in Iraq.
US Ambassador to Baghdad Matthew Tueller said that the restructuring of US forces does not mean that they will all quit Iraq, which is being demanded by the factions.
In remarks to the media over Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi talks with US President Joe Biden in Washington last month, the envoy added: “The restructuring of our forces does not mean the departure of all forces, but rather a change in their mission according to the timetable at the end of this year, and there will be US forces within the
92 dead, 100 injured in Iraq Covid hospital fire
92 dead, 100 injured in Iraq Covid hospital fire
Updated: Jul 14, 2021, 06:00 IST
Fire spread to caravans nearby
According to the preliminary investigation, the fire began when sparks from faulty wiring spread to an oxygen tank that then exploded
BAGHDAD At least 92 people were killed and 100 others wounded in a massive fire that broke out in a hospital treating Covid-19 patients in Iraq’s southern province of Dhi Qar, a state media report said on Tuesday.
“The latest toll of the fire in the quarantine center in al-Hussein Hospital in the provincial capital al-Nasiriyah rose to 64 killed and 50 wounded,” the official
More than 90 people killed in fire at Iraqi hospital treating Covid-19 patients By: CNN Arshad Mohammed/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
(CNN) The death toll in a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in southeastern Iraq has risen to at least 92, according to health officials.
Some 50 others were injured in the Monday night blaze at the Al-Hussein Hospital in the city of Nasiriya. Officials believe the fire started after oxygen tanks in an intensive care unit treating Covid-19 patients exploded. The fire has since been extinguished.
The hospital was set up at the start of the pandemic to treat coronavirus patients and has quarantine stations on site. The fire comes after another in April that also started with exploding oxygen tanks at the Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in the capital, Baghdad. At least 82 people were killed.
Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:27 AM
[ Last Update: Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:27 AM ] Frame grab from footage captured by bystanders shows a raging blaze that was reported by Iraqi media outlets on July 13, 2021 at a training hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah.
Raging fire has engulfed a training hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, reportedly killing scores of people, with the death toll expected to rise far higher amid the dire situation surrounding firefighting efforts.
The blaze erupted in the isolation ward of the Imam Hussain hospital in the city, which is the capital of Iraq’s Dhi Qar Province, reports said on Tuesday.