EgyptAir has resumed flights to Baghdad following a three-day hiatus it took to review the security situation in Iraq following the US’ assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, according to a statement picked up by the local press.

In related news, the private Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad made its first flight from Al Najaf Airport to Cairo on Saturday. The new route will operate one flight per week then gradually increase to four weekly flights by summer. The airliner is also now operating a flight to Sharm El Sheikh.

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