### [2026-06-7](/feed/2026/06/7/index.md)

##### Nasiriyah
# Twenty-one people are killed and 19 others injured after a bus overturned and caught fire near Nasiriyah, Iraq. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-21-iraqis-killed-19-wounded-bus-crash-fire-near-nassiriya-2026-06-07/)

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