The caretaker Prime Minister Dr. Hassan Diab made a phone call to Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, expressing his condemnation of the terrorist explosions that occurred in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, resulting in the death and injury of several individuals. Prime Minister Diab affirmed his full solidarity with the Iraqi government and people against these criminal explosions.
Diab extended his condolences to President Al-Kadhimi, the Iraqi government, and the brotherly Iraqi people over the victims, wishing a swift recovery for the injured. Meanwhile, the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri also made a phone call to Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, condemning, on his behalf, the parliamentary council, and the Lebanese people, the “double terrorist explosion that targeted civilians in the Iraqi capital Baghdad,” offering condolences to the victims and wishing a swift recovery for the injured. Additionally, President Berri called the representative of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani in Lebanon, Haj Hamid Al-Khafaaf, condemning the “heinous terrorist crime” and expressing condolences for the martyrs while wishing a quick recovery for the wounded. At least 32 civilians were killed, and more than 110 others were injured in suicide bombings involving explosive belts at a used clothing market in Tayaran Square in central Baghdad.
