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Baghdad's Green Zone Locked Down As Officials Arrested In Corruption Sweep
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Beyond Sunday's Iranian drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait, launched in response to earlier U.S. airstrikes, Hormuz shipping traffic remains stable but well below last week's peak, when 57 vessels transited the strait on Wednesday. With maritime flows stable through the critical waterway, attention now shifts to Iraq, where a widening corruption sweep inside Baghdad's Green Zone could become the next area of focus.
Iraq's state-run Iraqi News Agency reported that several political figures were arrested in...
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