Tag: Baghdad

Iraq: Isis claims a double terrorist attack in Baghdad
- By Alaina
- . January 22, 2021
Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, was rocked by a double suicide attack in the crowded Tayaran Square market on Thursday morning. According to police sources

Iraqi Election Commission postpones general election to October
- By Alaina
- . January 20, 2021
On Tuesday, Iraq’s cabinet decided to postpone the country’s general elections, by four months. The election which were earlier pushed forward to June 6 has

US sanctions Iran-backed paramilitary groups’ deputy ‘Abu Fadak’ in Iraq
- By Alaina
- . January 15, 2021
On Wednesday, Washington imposed sanctions on powerful Iraqi militia leader and deputy of an Iranian-backed umbrella of paramilitary organizations, terming him as an international terrorist
Clashes in central Baghdad … hunting rifles appear again.
- By Roshan Amiri
- . March 7, 2020
Clashes resumed in the Khilani Square, in the Iraqi capitals’ center, Baghdad, between security forces and a number of demonstrators, according to eyewitnesses. They said

Senior UN Ambassador denounces use rifles stacked with birdshot on Iraqi demonstrators
- By Roshan Amiri
- . February 18, 2020
On Monday, senior United Nations ambassador to Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, denounced the utilization of shooting rifles stacked with birdshot on peaceful demonstrators in Baghdad and

Iraq, students protest in Baghdad
- By Roshan Amiri
- . February 7, 2020
Thousands of demonstrators today filled Tahrir Square in Baghdad and the surrounding areas, scene of massive anti-government popular protests since October, in solidarity with the

Josep Borrell in Tehran to reduce escalation
- By Roshan Amiri
- . February 5, 2020
Foreign Minister of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, held talks in Tehran on Monday to reduce escalation, in a climate of renewed international tension