A Suicide Bombing Occurs In Zayouna, Baghdad

Zayouna is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.

Zayouna a residential area in Baghdad, Iraq's capital city located on the side of the Rusafa city of Baghdad, surrounded by the army from the north channel to the south by the rapid and Muhammad al-Qasim al-Ghadeer is located between the east and the Ministries Complex in Palestine Street.

Most of the residents Zayouna income above average, including a large proportion of Iraqi army officers, mostly high-ranking in the army. Most of the population Zayouna families Baghdadiya high. From the streets where the famous (Spring Street), a commercial street contains a number of shops, restaurants and companies.

Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد‎ Baġdād, Turkish: Bağdat) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is coterminous. Having a municipal population estimated between 5 and 7.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq and one of the two largest in the Arab World (including Cairo).

Located on the River Tigris, the city dates back to the 8th century and was once the centre of the Muslim world.