Al-Wazireya

A vehicle borne improvised explosive device after exploding on a street outside the Al Sabah newspaper office in 2006

Al-Wazireya or Waziriyah (Arabic: الوزيرية) is a Shiia neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, Iraq. It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Utafiyah.

On August 27, 2006 a vehicle borne improvised explosive device exploded on the street outside the Al Sabah newspaper office. It destroyed more than 20 cars, killing two people and wounding as many as 30.