Tag: baghdad
Posted in Middle East News
Telegram: Iraq suspends Telegram on national security grounds
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi government on Sunday said it was suspending the popular Telegram messaging application across the country on “national security” grounds, drawing criticism on…
Posted in Middle East News
Swedish Embassy: Iraqi protesters torch Swedish embassy in Baghdad
BAGHDAD: Protesters set fire to Sweden’s embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early Thursday, an AFP journalist said, ahead of a planned burning of a…
Posted in Rest of World News
Iraq’S Years Of Carnage Still Engrained: Iraq’s years of carnage still engrained in Baghdad streets
BAGHDAD: There are places around Baghdad where I’ll sometimes say a silent prayer for the dead when I pass – on certain residential streets, at…
Posted in US News
20 years after US invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope
BAGHDAD: Along the Tigris River, young Iraqi men and women in jeans and sneakers danced with joyous abandon on a recent evening to a local…