, while hinted that Baghdad’s location has not progressed since the previous study that had been conducted in 2011 , which indicated that African cities does not have any support equivalent to Baghdad’s support are ahead of it .

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A report published by the company , briefed by " Shafaq News " , that " Baghdad was again at the bottom of the cities’ list in the world," indicating that " the capital of Iraq has been ranked the last , according to the annual study of better places to live in prepared by our company among the 223 cities covered by the study , for the second time after a previous study conducted in 2011 . "

" Baghdad in which its government depends on an annual budget exceeds $ 100 billion dollars was besides cities such as Bangui in the Central African Republic , Port -au-Prince in Haiti and N'Djamena in Chad ."

"The city's worst rating was due to the absence of security and lack of services , according to a study that included 40 activities, including the political, social and economic environment as well as entertainment , housing and natural environment ."

“ Because of these acts of violence , Baghdad looks like a big concrete container , where concrete barriers and barbed wire spread in the streets that surrounds its buildings and the headquarters of government ministries and banks especially for fear of explosions ."

It is worth mentioning that Deputy Secretary of Baghdad, Naiem Abaub has faced harsh criticism recently by the Iraqi media , after he said in a televised interview that the service in Baghdad is better than Erbil, Dubai and New York.