Four hotels were badly damaged by Jan. 25 suicide attacks in Baghdad within a span of 10 minutes, killing at least 37 people. At 3:40 p.m. local time, the first reported suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated in the parking lot of the building known as the Ishtar Sheraton, located along the Tigris River. The explosion occurred outside the main complex but caused several blast walls surrounding the hotel to collapse onto buildings inside the complex, killing 14 people. Despite its name, the building actually is no longer operated by Starwood Hotels and Resorts, the managing company of the Sheraton chain, having largely been converted to business offices for news organizations. Offices belonging to Reuters suffered some damage in the blast. The main hotel building took superficial damage, and the structure is still intact.