Baghdad

Iraqi authorities called on international private sector companies to bid for the expansion and operation of Baghdad’s international airport after years of neglect in the conflict-scarred country. In September, the government signed an…
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A drone strike on Wednesday hit a vehicle in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing two commanders of a pro-Iran group, a security source and a group member said. The attack comes as tensions soar with the United States carrying out strikes…
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Iraq is working for regional “de-escalation,” Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani said Monday as he welcomed a senior Iranian security official to Baghdad, with tensions high over US strikes in the country and the war in Gaza. Ali…
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Baghdad, Iraq - January 07, 2024 - ABS Academy for Media Training held a specialized training workshop on television photography and editing on Saturday. The workshop covered a variety of topics, including the basics of photography,…
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Iraqi security forces said Thursday they had seized 15 tons of illegal drugs, contraband pharmaceuticals and precursor chemicals and made two arrests. They said the chemical components confiscated in Baghdad are used to manufacture…
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A pair of Siberian tigers pant incessantly beside a pond at their zoo enclosure in the scorching summer heat of the Iraqi capital. Temperatures on Monday breached 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in Baghdad for the second day in a row…
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Belgium police have arrested an Iraqi immigrant suspected of belonging to an Al-Qaeda cell that carried out deadly car bombings in Baghdad in 2009-2010, prosecutors said Friday. The man, identified by the initials O.Y.T., born in 1979,…
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More than 200 exhausted Iraqis evacuated from Sudan flew back to Baghdad on Thursday, with one saying he hadn’t seen the sun in 10 days because of the fighting. Among the 234 people who were flown to Baghdad International Airport from…
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At least 60 protesters were injured in the Green Zone in central Baghdad after clashing with security forces on Saturday, the Iraqi Ministry of Health said in a statement. Security forces used tear gas, water cannons, and rubber bullets…
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The Saudi government has allocated a grant to finance renovation work at an Iraqi hospital badly damaged in a fire that left dozens of patients dead. Money from the Saudi Fund for Development will be put toward a redevelopment project at…
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