Al Arabiya flays ban on its bureau in Iraq

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Al Arabiya, a Dubai-based TV channel, yesterday slammed the Iraq government’s decision to close down its Baghdad bureau for one month "under the pretext of unprofessional reporting". The decision to close the Al Arabiya bureau was announced on Thursday by the spokesperson of Iraqi government, Ali Dabbagh in a broadcast on state television stating that it was "a warning for the unprofessional conduct of their correspondents in covering events in Iraq". In a similar incident, the US-backed government in Iraq imposed a ban on Al Jazeera, another prominent Arabic channel two years ago. The ban has not been lifted yet...

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