Iraq’s PM Haider al-Abbadi lifts years-old nightly curfew from 12am to 5:00am in Baghdad

Iraq has lifted a years-old nightly curfew in the capital, Baghdad, in a bid by Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi’s government to make the city feel more liveable despite persistent violence plaguing the country. The curfew, which most recently was in effect from midnight to 5:00am, ends a longstanding policy aimed at curbing attacks in the capital…