BAGHDAD—Iraq’s parliament voted on Wednesday to ban popular online video games including PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite, citing their “negative” influence especially on the young in a country long plagued by real-life bloodshed.
Iraq held its first election in 2018 after years of devastating factional violence. ISIS terrorists held wide swathes of the country for three years until they were driven out in heavy fighting with U.S.-backed forces in 2017.
