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Young Iraqi activists despair as political crisis continues

Clashes brought rival armed factions to the streets of Baghdad, leaving Iraq’s young activists stuck in the middle.

Al Jazeera

Iraq's Mighty River Drying Up

It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilization itself. But today the Tigris is dying. Human activity and climate change have choked its once mighty flow through Iraq, where -- with its twin river the Euphrates --…

Asharq Al-Awsat

King of Jordan Visits France to Boost Strategic Partnership

French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the visit of the Jordanian monarch to Paris in his speech last month during the annual French Ambassadors' Conference and referred to the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership. The Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership was held in the Iraqi capital during the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Direct flights from Hyderabad to Baghdad

The flight will operate between Hyderabad and Baghdad twice a week – Sunday and Tuesday

The Hindu

Bernard Shaw: Unflappable journalist and CNN’s first chief news anchor

A stalwart on the 24-hour news network, the former US marine helped elevate CNN to global prominence with his riveting coverage from Baghdad during the 1991 Gulf War

The Independent UK

Assassin’s Creed Mirage takes place in Baghdad, features playable Basim

The next Assassin's Creed gets back to basics, and a fan-favorite character returns.

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Bernard Shaw, longtime CNN anchor, has died at 82

During the era that many viewers learned to watch CNN during breaking news, Shaw was its first chief anchor, reporting on stories from the shooting of President Reagan to the bombing of Baghdad.

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Bernard Shaw, longtime CNN anchor and Chicago native, dies at 82

Shaw, who serve in the Marines, worked as a reporter at CBS and ABC News before taking on the chief anchor role at CNN when the network began in 1980.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bernard Shaw, CNN's 1st chief anchor, dies at 82

Bernard Shaw, CNN’s chief anchor for two decades and a pioneering Black broadcast best remembered for calmly reporting the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991 as missiles flew around him in Baghdad, had died

The Independent UK

Morning mail: childcare strike, consent warning for films, fears for Australian in Baghdad jail

Wednesday: Tens of thousands of families across the country will be affected by early childhood workers striking for better pay and conditions. Plus: the invention that makes hydrogen from humid air

The Guardian - AU

First photos of Australian Robert Pether in Iraqi jail raise ‘serious concerns’ about his health

Jailed engineer appears gaunt with moles doctors fear are cancerous, as wife decries ‘watching his murder in slow motion’

The Guardian - AU

Halbousi Proposes 10-Point Plan to Resolve Iraq Crisis

Iraq’s parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi proposed a ten-point plan to resolve the country’s political crisis. Political powers, meanwhile, are preparing to hold their second national dialogue session at the invitation of caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. The premier had called for the talks around three weeks ago and so far,…

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‘Serious’ Indications of Possible Assassination Attempts in Baghdad, Other Iraqi Cities

Senior security officials have said there were "serious" indications of possible assassinations in Baghdad and other cities, against the backdrop of the ongoing political conflict between Muqtada Sadr's movement and the Coordination Framework. An Iraqi security source quoted Iraqi officers of the Interior Ministry and the National Security Service as…

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How Sistani Silently Halted Iraq’s Slide Back into War

When a pronouncement by a religious scholar in Iran drove Iraq to the brink of civil war last week, there was only one man who could stop it: 92-year-old Iraqi Shiite religious authority Ali al-Sistani, who proved once again he is the most powerful man in his country. Sistani said…

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Report: Assad Has Been Barring Iran from Retaliating to Israeli Raids on Syria for 3 Years

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been barring Iran for three years now from retaliating to Israeli raids on Syria to avert an escalation, reported Israel’s Haaretz. Assad reportedly made the order directly to Iran’s slain Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and it has largely held. Soleimani was killed in a…

Reuters

How a 92-year-old cleric silently halted Iraq's slide back into war

When a pronouncement by a religious scholar in Iran drove Iraq to the brink of civil war last week, there was only one man who could stop it: a 92-year-old Iraqi Shi'ite cleric who proved once again he is the most powerful man in his country.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sadr, Coordination Framework in Iraq May Collapse at Any Moment

Calm prevailed in Baghdad for a fourth consecutive day following the bloody clashes between the Shiite Sadrist movement and Asaib Ahl al-Haq that swept the Iraqi capital. A fragile unwritten truce has largely been holding between the movement, of influential cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, and the pro-Iran Coordination Framework, of which…

Al Jazeera

Thousands in Iraq demand regime change after Shia factions clash

Protesters affiliated to 2019 protest movement demand political change after deadly clashes between main Shia factions.

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4 Militiamen Killed in Reprisal Attacks in Southern Iraq

Four militants were killed in reprisal attacks between rival Shiite militia groups in southern Iraq, two security officials said Thursday, after violent clashes in Baghdad brought the country to the precipice of street warfare. Iraqi security forces were swiftly deployed in the southern oil-rich city of Basra to contain the…

The Independent UK

4 militiamen killed in reprisal attacks in southern Iraq

Iraqi security officials say four militiamen have been killed in reprisal attacks between rival Shiite militia groups

Al Jazeera

Latest outbreak of violence in Iraqi city of Basra leaves 4 dead

Fighting earlier this week between rival Shia forces killed at least 30 people in Baghdad.

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Iraq’s Green Zone Breathes a Sigh of Relief as ‘Anxious’ Calm Returns to Baghdad

Calm returned to Iraqi streets on Wednesday, with the Green Zone breathing a sigh of relief after concrete barriers were removed from its surroundings, allowing for all traffic to pass without exception. A day earlier, bloody clashes had swept the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Reuters

Biden holds talk with Iraq PM after recent violence

U.S. President Joe Biden held a call on Wednesday with Iraq's caretaker prime minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, after violence this week in Baghdad, the White House said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Political Crisis Continues in Baghdad after Bloody Clashes

Iraqi paramilitary forces killed in heavy clashes with the supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were laid to rest on Wednesday as Iraq’s parliament speaker announced three days of mourning. Normal life crept back in Baghdad after a bloody 24 hours when the supporters of Sadr clashed with Iraqi security…

Al Jazeera

Muqtada al-Sadr and Iraq’s propensity for an intra-Shia conflict

Before Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr’s call for an end to the violence, analysts feared Iraq was headed to war.

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