Elite CTS units seal Iraqi capital’s most secure district amid widening anti-corruption push

Iraqi military locked down Baghdad's Green Zone after heavy gunfire near the US Embassy, continuing an escalating pattern of attacks on western diplomatic

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces deployed in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone early Sunday with the raid targeting “several politicians,” a security official told AFP. The Green Zone…

Elite CTS units seal Iraqi capital’s most secure district amid widening anti-corruption push

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ALBAWABA - Gunfire was reported on Saturday night around Baghdad's Green Zone amid reports of arrests linked to corruption investigations, according to

Iraqi security forces launched raids in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone early Sunday to arrest officials including MPs suspected of corruption, amid heavy

The Green Zone includes Baghdad's parliament building, various government institutions, and embassies, with many politicians also having residences in the area.

BAGHDAD, June 28 (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces arrested politicians, lawmakers and senior government officials early on Sunday in what security and legal sources described as…

Iraqi security forces launched a series of raids in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone early Sunday, arresting several politicians, lawmakers and senior government officials…

Large-scale operation carried out at dawn in Green Zone and several neighbourhoods in Baghdad, security source says.

Several Iraqi political officials were arrested early Sunday on corruption charges, Iraq’s state-run Iraqi News Agency reported.

Iraqi security forces launched raids in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone early on Sunday to arrest officials including MPs suspected of corruption amid heavy deployment in the area.

Security services enter the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad as the new prime minister steps up action to tackle the problem

The immediate read is that this anti-corruption sweep appears aimed at Iraq's political class aligned with Iran.

Iraqi security forces sealed off all entrances to the capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone early Sunday and carried out raids inside the compound that houses key government…

The move follows testimony by a detained deputy oil minister that allegedly implicated a wider circle of officials