Tag: Baghdad
Protesters storm Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad
Yesterday, Salwan Momika lit a Koran on Södermalm in Stockholm. It has provoked strong reactions from several countries. Now protesters have stormed Sweden’s embassy in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, reports AFP.…
In Baghdad, Iraq, sharing and mutual aid at the heart of Eid el-Adha despite rising prices
Eid al-Adha celebrations began at dawn for Shiites in Iraq, marked by different rituals throughout this first day, including the sacrifice in some families of the sheep. If sacrificing the…
oil agreement signed between Baghdad and Erbil
Exports of Kurdish crude, stopped for ten days, will resume. The arbitral tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce had affirmed Baghdad’s sovereignty over the resources of Iraqi Kurdistan, thus…
20 years after the American invasion, the residents of Baghdad bitter
It was March 20, 2003: 20 years have passed since the American intervention in Iraq. Baghdad residents remember it, many of them with bitterness. With our correspondent in Baghdad, Marie-Charlotte…
The Iraqi Prime Minister visits France to discuss energy, security and the metro in Baghdad
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia el-Soudani is expected at the Elysée at the end of the day on Thursday for a working dinner with Emmanuel Macron. The purpose of this…
Protests at the Swedish embassy in Baghdad
The demonstrators held up the Koran and shouted slogans with their heads pointed at Sweden, including “No to Sweden, yes to the Koran”, writes AFP. One police officer and seven…
Demonstrations outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad
The anger after Rasmus Paludan’s Koran burning continues to grow. On Monday afternoon, violent demonstrations broke out outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. During the weekend, similar scenes played…
a shy Father Christmas who brings together the children of Baghdad
Rafed Ryad Ben Zami is rather discreet. He devotes his days to the cathedral of Saint-Joseph and Saint-Thérèse in the Karada district of Baghdad. Throughout the year, he organizes the…
Details: Aid worker killed in Baghdad
Published: Just now full screen Iraqi security forces in Baghdad on Monday evening. Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP/TT An American aid worker has been shot dead in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, according…
Details: Aid worker killed in Baghdad
The man is said to have been shot in his car as he drove into the street where he lived in the district of Karrada. What caused the crime is…