Tag: Baghdad
The National Museum of Baghdad and the Dream Tablet of Gilgamesh
LETTER FROM BAGDAD The Gilgamesh Tablet, a 3,500-year-old Mesopotamian cuneiform clay tablet, is on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Baghdad, after its repatriation in December 2021. SABAH ARAR /…
in Baghdad, thousands of protesters commemorate the 2019 uprising
Iraqis commemorate the anniversary of the 2019 anti-rule protests, in Baghdad on October 1, 2022. KHALID AL-MOUSILY / REUTERS Three years have passed and nothing has really changed. In an…
Middle East: Emmanuel Macron and Abdallah II want a new “Baghdad Conference”
French President Emmanuel Macron and King Abdullah II of Jordan called on Wednesday for the holding as soon as “as soon as possible” of a new conference on issues in…
Assassin’s Creed Mirage: back to basics in Baghdad with Basim in a superb CGI trailer, a Deluxe edition and a Collector’s Box unveiled
The big moment has finally come. As part of theUbisoft Forwardthe publisher held a Assassin’s Creed Showcase serving to reveal the future of the license. The only certainty we had…
Iraq: supporters of Moqtada Sadr enter the Palace of the Republic in Baghdad
Dozens of supporters of Moqtada Sadr entered Monday, August 29 in Baghdad in the Palace of the Republic, a ceremonial building, to express their anger after the Iraqi Shiite leader…
Iraq: resumption of fighting in Baghdad, at least 23 dead
Fighting between supporters of Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr and security forces resumed with renewed vigor on Tuesday in the Green Zone in Baghdad, an escalation that left at least 23…
Unrest in Iraq – Sadr supporters end protest in Baghdad – News
After the escalation of violence in Iraq, the situation in Baghdad has calmed down again. The influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had previously called on his followers to withdraw. Al-Sadr…
Riots in Baghdad – Deaths in riots in Iraq – News
In Iraq, the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has announced his retirement from politics. After the Shiite leader’s announcement, supporters of Sadr took to the streets in the capital, Baghdad. Some entered…
Moqtada Al-Sadr’s ‘definitive withdrawal’ from politics leads to unrest in Baghdad and a nationwide curfew
A supporter of Moqtada Al-Sadr kisses her portrait in the “green zone” in Baghdad on August 26, 2022. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP The Iraqi army decreed, Monday, August 29, a…
Riots in Baghdad – Iraq imposes a nationwide curfew – News
In Iraq, the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has announced his retirement from politics. He justified this on Twitter with the political standstill in the country. After the 48-year-old Shiite leader’s announcement,…
Unrest in Iraq – supporters of al-Sadr storm government palace in Baghdad – News
In Iraq, the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has announced his retirement from politics. He justified this on Twitter with the political standstill in the country. After the 48-year-old Shiite leader’s announcement,…
In Baghdad, the power struggle between the Shiites is escalating
The internal Shia power struggle escalates. Supporters of the populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr occupy the parliament in Baghdad, paralyzing the formation of a government. Many Iraqis fear another civil war.…