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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Iraq’s Kadhimi Ends ‘Green Zone Era,’ Vows Restoring Neighborhoods’ Original Names

Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi during a visit to Anbar to supervise a military operation against ISIS, April 23 (Reuters)

Iraqi Caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi dropped a bombshell by announcing that the era of Baghdad’s “Green Zone,” which was set up during the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, is nearing its end.

Kadhimi, during a Tuesday visit to the Municipality of Baghdad, pledged that the Green Zone in the center of the security-fortified capital would return to its previous era, like the rest of the capital.

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