Al-Wazireya

A vehicle borne improvised explosive device after exploding on a street outside the Al Sabah newspaper office in 2006

Al-Wazireya or Waziriyah (Arabic: الوزيرية) is a Sunni neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, Iraq. It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Utafiyah.

On August 27, 2006 a vehicle borne improvised explosive device exploded on the street outside the Al Sabah newspaper office. It destroyed more than 20 cars, killing two people and wounding as many as 30.

References

Districts and neighborhoods of Baghdad

Main districts	Adhamiyah Kadhimiya Karkh Karrada Mansour New Baghdad Al Rashid Rusafa Sadr City Al-Za'franiya

Neighborhoods	Hayy Al-A'amel Al-A'amiriya Abu Disher Al-Adel Al-Amin al-Thaniyah Arab Jibor Bab Al-Moatham Bab Al-Sharqi Baiyaa Dora Al-Fathel Ghazaliya Haifa Street Al-Hebnaa Al-Hurriya Al-Jadriya Hayy Al-Jami'a Jesr Diyala Al-Jihad Al Khadhraa Mansour Raghiba Khatoun Al-Sa'adoon Al-Saydiya Sha'ab Al-Shu'ala Hayy Al-Shurtta Al-Ubedy Hayy Ur Utafiyah Al-Washash Al-Wazireya Yarmouk Al-Za'franiya Zayouna

Coordinates: 33°22′N 44°23′E / 33.367°N 44.383°E / 33.367; 44.383

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