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REUTERS/Lucas Jackson The US State Department confirmed there was a mortar attack near the US embassy in Iraq. Officials say the embassy was not impacted and that staffers are taking appropriate safety precautions. Sources say the attack came from Baghdad Area Zayoona, which is associated with Asae’b Ahlil Al Haq, an Iraqi Shi’a paramilitary group backed […]
In a bid to make world exploration accessible to the general public, Google Earth launched in 2001 with a 3D picture of the globe created by satellites. Since then, virtual exploration technology has advanced with satellite footage capturing the world in incredible detail. Unlike the Google Map’s street view tool, Google Earth captures the world […]
On a sandstorm-swept morning in Baghdad earlier last week, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the legendary deputy leader of Hashd al-Shaabi, a.k.a. People Mobilization Units (PMUs) and the actual mastermind of numerous ground battles against ISIS/Daesh, met a small number of independent foreign journalists and analysts. This was a game-changing moment in more ways than one. It […]
Published time: 25 Oct, 2017 03:33 Kurdistan’s regional government has proposed to “freeze” the outcome of last month’s independence referendum and begin dialogue with Baghdad to prevent further violence as Iraqi forces continue to “secure” Kurdish-controlled territories. The Kurdistan regional government based in Erbil offered to “freeze the outcome of the referendum that was held […]
Even in the more grown-up tales of John le Carré, they’re tweed-clad fanatics or bored wives, they’re rarely brave, capable agents in their own right. History has a different slant but you have to hunt it down. LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD (BBC4) was a filmic, poetic portrait of the explorer, spy and antiquarian Gertrude Bell who, […]
Published time: 18 Sep, 2017 02:09 Crowds filled the streets of the Iraqi Kurdistan capital, rallying ahead of an independence vote this month. While some were waving the flag of Israel, which backs the Kurds’ aspirations, Baghdad says it won’t allow the creation of a “second Israel.” On Saturday, the city of Erbil saw thousands […]
At least 13 people lost their lives and 24 were injured after an Islamic State-claimed explosion rocked a shop serving ice cream in central Baghdad just after midnight on Tuesday. The moment of the blast was captured on CCTV footage. Iraqi officials said the powerful explosion in Baghdad’s Karrada district originated from a vehicle, rigged […]
PH Best of all is Bill Nighy on irresistible form as Ambrose Hilliard Their Finest (Cert 12A; 117mins) There is a good deal of warm laughter and fond nostalgia for the wartime years in this sentimental adaptation of the Lissa Evans novel. It offers very polished light entertainment that takes you by surprise in its […]
Iraqi security sources have deployed tear gas in Baghdad’s Green Zone against thousands of supporters of influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Reuters and local media reported. Protests against corruption, which are also demanding changes in the Iraq’s current election laws, are taking place in the center of the Iraqi capital for the second consecutive […]
