Tag: Iraq
Finland’s ambassador to Iraq believes that unrest will continue if the Koran is burned in Stockholm today
The demonstrators reached the chancellery at the Swedish embassy. The personnel of the Finnish and Swedish embassies had already been moved to evacuation rooms in advance on Wednesday. In Iraq,…
Attack on Swedish Embassy in Iraq! they set it on fire
Supporters of the Sadr Movement came near the Swedish Embassy and protested the actions against the Qur’an. Protesters burned parts of the Swedish Embassy building. Black smoke rose from the…
Hundreds of protesters attacked the Swedish embassy in Iraq and set it on fire
According to current information, none of the embassy’s staff has been injured in the attack. In Iraq, hundreds of protesters have attacked the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and set the…
Source: The Swedish embassy in Iraq stormed
News agency TT has been in contact with the Foreign Ministry’s press service, which neither wants to confirm nor deny the information. No one should have been physically harmed. On…
45°C in Spain, 50°C in Iraq: the northern hemisphere suffers from extreme heat
Europe, Asia and North America are still suffering from extreme heat this Wednesday, July 19 in several regions, sometimes plagued by violent forest fires such as in Greece, where hundreds…
When the temperature exceeds 50 degrees… A public holiday was declared in one city of that country.
In Basra, where the air temperatures rise in the south of Iraq, tomorrow has been announced as a public holiday. In the statement made by the Basra Governorate, it was…
Iraq: Shiite parties urge Washington to release Iraqi funds intended for Iran
As temperatures rise in Iraq and reach 50 degrees in the south and the capital, power outages are increasing. Behind these power cuts hides a blockage of trade with Iran.…
Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian citizen kidnapped in Iraq, according to the Hebrew State
Israel announces that one of its nationals has been held for several months by an Iraqi armed group. Academic Elizabeth Tsurkov also has Russian citizenship, which has allowed her to…
Internal power struggle drives major protests in Iraq
On Friday, populist Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to take to the streets of Baghdad to protest the burning of the Koran in Stockholm. The turnout was…
US President Biden’s agenda-setting blunders do not end! This time instead of saying Ukraine… ‘Putin is losing the war in Iraq’
US President Joe Biden is not on the agenda with his recent blunders. A new blunder came from Biden during a conversation with reporters. This time, Biden confused the countries.…