Tag: Baghdad
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War Room curbs
At best, the world can reasonably expect an end to unilateral action, once again a departure from the strategy in Iraq.
January 12, 2020 -
Thousands take to street in Iraq, demand new govt amid spike in regional tensions
These protests come amid an escalation of tensions in the Middle East which was set off by the killing of Soleimani on January 3.
January 11, 2020 -
A war crime?
Far from an essay towards defusing the ferment, Trump’s statement of intent comes after the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, defended the assertion that the drone strike against Suleimani in Baghdad prevented an imminent attack on US interests.
January 9, 2020 -
US issues travel alert for Israel, Palestine
The travel alert came after the January 3 US drone attack that killed Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, that has led to outrage and revenge threats from Tehran.
January 7, 2020 -
Death of a General
It would be pesumptuous quite yet to hazard a guess on whether Friday’s killing of General Qassem Suleimani in a drone attack at Baghdad airport ~ and on the orders of Donald Trump ~ could ignite a war.
January 5, 2020 -
Petrol, diesel prices up for fourth straight day as US-Iran tensions roil oil market
Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 75.54 per litre, the highest in more than a year, while a litre of diesel comes for Rs 68.51
January 5, 2020 -
Struggle in Iraq
The low-key response of the Iraqi authorities is a striking feature of the siege by Iranian militants, who waved the banner of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), an umbrella group for disparate Shia militias operating in Iraq.
January 4, 2020 -
US embassy in Baghdad asks citizens to leave Iraq after airstrike
According to the embassy's statement, "US citizens should depart via airline while possible, and failing that, to other countries via land".
January 3, 2020 -
US to deploy troops to Middle East after embassy attack
The Pentagon's decision came hours after hundreds of demonstrators, mourning for the Hashd Shaabi members killed in a US attack in Iraq on Sunday, stormed the US embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone.
January 1, 2020 -
485 killed in Iraq protests since October
In addition, up to 48 demonstrators and civil society activists were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen, he added.
December 21, 2019 -
Rockets hit Iraq military complex housing US forces injuring 6 Iraqi troops
It is the latest in an uptick in rocket attacks targeting either Iraqi bases where American troops are located or the US embassy in Baghdad.
December 9, 2019 -
Iraq protests: 16 killed in fresh violence in Baghdad, many injured
Earlier on Friday, thousands of people were in Tahrir Square again to make it clear that the demands of protesters go far beyond the replacement of one prime minister with another.
December 7, 2019 -
Iraq on edge
Up to 200,000 people had taken part in the demonstrations, led by a largely disenfranchised working class and joined by sections of the middle classes.
December 2, 2019 -
Iraq PM Abdul Mahdi holds extraordinary session to discuss resignation
The government has made every effort to respond to the demands of the demonstrators by providing packages of reform, the statement further added.
December 1, 2019 -
Iraq: 6 killed in three blasts across Baghdad, many injured
A third bomb ripped through the al-Baladiyat neighbourhood in the eastern part of the capital, leaving four more people wounded.
November 27, 2019 -
US Vice President Mike Pence makes unscheduled visit to Iraq
Later on Saturday, Pence met with the President of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani, in the Iraqi city of Erbil, where the US has routinely based some US special operations forces.
November 24, 2019 -
Baghdad protests: ‘Iraq will never be same’, says top cleric
The 89-year-old cleric is based in the Shiite holy city of Najaf and never appears in public, remains hugely influential in the Shiite-majority south.
November 16, 2019