West Baghdad without water after ‘attack’ on power grid
Baghdad’s west has been cut off from the city’s water network after the Islamic State group attacked an electricity pylon powering a pumping station, authorities and residents said on Saturday.
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Baghdad’s west has been cut off from the city’s water network after the Islamic State group attacked an electricity pylon powering a pumping station, authorities and residents said on Saturday.
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