Four infants died on Monday, 8 January, as a devastating fire ripped through a maternity ward in the southern Iraqi province of Diwaniyah. The Iraqi health ministry said tens of other children were rescued, indicating that the incident is under investigation. Iraqi Health Minister Saleh Mehdi Al-Hasnawi, who visited Diwaniya’s maternity hospital, said during a press conference that four babies died due to suffocation from the fire. He also announced the sacking of several provincial health officials and stressed that an investigation committee would conclude its findings within three days. “Re…