Iraq on Thursday banned unauthorized flights and ordered all military camps and munitions warehouses to be moved outside Iraqi cities following a massive
explosion at a munitions depot southwest of Baghdad that killed one civilian and wounded 13 earlier this week.
The blast shook the Iraqi capital and sent explosives and mortar shells
shooting into the sky, damaging nearby homes and terrifying residents who ran into the streets with their cellphones.
The federal
police base houses a weapons depot belonging to a militia group under the umbrella of the mainly Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.