Unknown gunmen stormed a private clinic on a main street in eastern Baghdad on Saturday, kidnapping a physician, a police source said.

"Unidentified armed men rushed into the clinic of Doctor Fadhil al-Jarrah in Palestine Street and forced him into their car and fled the scene," Captain Ahmed Abdullah told Xinhua.

Iraqi doctors, one of the country's most precious resources, are fleeing the country amid persistent violence.

Source: Xinhua