Foreign Ministry Official Spokesman Dr. Ahmed Al-Sahaf

The start of the first extraordinary flights for Iraqi Airways that is returning Iraqi citizens from Egypt.

The flight left Cairo International Airport, this afternoon, Tuesday, heading to Baghdad, the first flight of Iraqi Airways, with about (263) Iraqi citizens , patient’s and tourist groups stranded in the Arab Republic of Egypt.
The Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Cairo continues to receive requests from those who have entered Egypt for the purpose of tourism, as well as those who came to seek treatment, who wish to return to the homeland.