Posts Tagged: iraq
Two Rockets Hit Baghdad’s Fortified Green Zone — Iraqi State Media
Two Katyusha rockets hit Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, Iraq's state news agency reported early on Sunday, citing security forces. One rocket was destroyed in the air...
An Iraqi Perspective on Israel
Growing up in Iraq, my curriculum in Baghdad’s elementary school included a “nationalism class” and required that we read a text by the Governor of...
Iraq Persecutes Its Heretics
JNS.org - It has the air of a witch-hunt. Many of the 300 leaders of Iraqi civil society, Sunni and Shi’a, who gathered in the...
Arrest Warrants Issued for Three Iraqi Leaders Who Attended Conference Calling for Peace With Israel
Three prominent Iraqi leaders are facing arrest warrants after they participated in a conference that called for peace with Israel, Agence France-Presse reported Sunday. The conference,...
US Returns Ancient Gilgamesh Tablet to Iraq
i24 News – A 3,500-year-old tablet recounting the Epic of Gilgamesh was returned to Iraq Thursday after being stolen three decades ago and illegally imported...
Mideast Leaders Plus France Meet in Baghdad to Talk Security
Several Middle Eastern leaders and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Baghdad on Saturday at a summit hosted by Iraq, which wants its neighbors to...
EU Says No Recognition of Taliban, No Political Talks
The European Union has not recognized the Taliban, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday, nor is it holding political talks with...
Biden to Host Iraq’s Prime Minister at White House on July 26
US President Joe Biden will host Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House on July 26, the White House said on Friday. The visit...
Iran Denies Links to Attacks on US Forces in Iraq, Syria
Iran denied on Saturday US accusations that Tehran supported attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria, and condemned US airstrikes on Iranian-backed militants there,...
In Tactical Shift, Iran Grows New, Loyal Elite From Among Iraqi Militias
Iran has handpicked hundreds of trusted fighters from among the cadres of its most powerful militia allies in Iraq, forming smaller, elite, and fiercely loyal...
Israeli Government’s Arabic-Language Twitter Account Shares Sympathetic Video From Iraq
The Israeli government’s Arabic-language Twitter account posted on Sunday a video it said had been received from an Iraqi paying tribute to the State of...
Saudi Crown Prince Discusses Green Initiative with Arab Leaders
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called the leaders of Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, and Sudan to discuss a massive regional tree-planting project, state news...
‘Peace More Powerful Than War,’ Pope Francis Says in Iraq’s Ruined City of Mosul
Pope Francis heard Muslim and Christian residents in the ruined Iraqi city of Mosul tell of their lives under brutal Islamic State rule on Sunday,...
Pope Francis Meets Iraq’s Top Shi’ite Cleric, Visits Birthplace of Prophet Abraham
Pope Francis entered a narrow alleyway in Iraq's holy city of Najaf to hold a historic meeting with the county's top Shi'ite cleric and visited...
