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Iraqi authorities continue investigations to uncover the circumstances of the killing of an American aid worker in the center of Baghdad on Monday, while Prime Minister Mohammad Al-Sudani warned that his country’s security was a “red line”. The Iraqi premier, who considered that the “timing of the murder of the…

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The Al Rasheed Hotel: 40 years of an iconic Baghdad landmark

Since its opening in 1982, the hotel has been central to the turbulent events experienced by the Iraqi capital.

Al Jazeera

Armed Militia Announces Responsibility for Death of US Citizen in Iraq

An armed militia calling itself Ashab al-Kahf claimed responsibility for killing the US citizen, Stephen Troll, in Baghdad on Monday evening. The group announced in a statement that Troll was killed in retaliation for the killing of the Quds Force commander, Qasem Soleimani, and the commander of the Popular Mobilization…

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U.S. identifies American slain in Baghdad, questions remain

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has identified an American aid worker fatally shot in Baghdad as Stephen Edward Troell

The Independent UK

U.S. confirms American's death in Baghdad

A U.S. citizen has died in Baghdad, the State Department confirmed on Tuesday, one day after police in Iraq said an American was killed in a failed kidnapping attempt.

Reuters

Officials: US aid worker shot dead in Baghdad in rare attack

Two police officials say assailants shot dead an American aid worker in Baghdad in a rare killing of a foreigner in the Iraqi capital in recent years, The man was shot as he drove through the capital's central Karrada district on the east bank of the Tigris River but the…

The Independent UK

Officials: US Aid Worker Shot Dead in Baghdad in Rare Attack

Assailants fatally shot an American aid worker Monday in a rare killing of a foreigner in the Iraqi capital in recent years, two police officials said. The man was shot in his car as he entered the street where he lives in Baghdad’s central Karrada district on the east bank…

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US aid worker shot dead in front of wife and child in Baghdad

Iraq’s PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says a committee will investigate the killing

The Independent UK

Scot detained in Iraq jail waiting on 'permission note from Qatar bank' to be released

Brian Glendinning, from Fife, has been in jail for two months in Baghdad, after an Interpol request by Qatar.

Daily Record

U.S. citizen killed in central Baghdad -police sources

A U.S. citizen was killed on Monday in central Baghdad after a failed attempt to kidnap him, Iraqi police sources said.

Reuters

Baghdad, Washington Renew Commitment to Strategic Framework Agreement

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani received on Thursday a telephone call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who congratulated him on the October 27 formation of his government. During the call, both sides affirmed their mutual commitment to the US-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement signed in 2009 and underscored…

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Busking Brit crosses Iraq on his way to COP27 without flying

With a violin on his back and maps in his bag, Dan Hodd left Spain a month ago and was cycling through busy Baghdad as he heads to the COP27 climate talks in Egypt that he firmly intends to reach without flying.

Reuters

10 Killed, More than 20 Wounded in Baghdad Explosion

Ten people were killed and more than 20 wounded in an explosion in east Baghdad on Saturday, according to security and medical sources. The commander of security forces in Baghdad, Ahmad Salim, said in a statement that the explosion is “an accident and not an act of terrorism.” Earlier, security…

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At least nine dead and 10 wounded in Baghdad petrol tanker explosion

It is unclear whether the explosion was a technical failure or targeted attack

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Ten killed, more than 20 wounded in explosion in Baghdad

Ten people were killed and more than 20 wounded in an explosion in east Baghdad on Saturday, according to security and medical sources.

France 24

New PM named in Iraq: Iraqis hope for change after year of political deadlock

After a year of political gridlock and instability, Iraq is finally on the verge of forming a government as Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia al-Sudani assembles his cabinet. But three years after a mass protest movement over corruption, unemployment and a lack of basic services upended the country's political system, many…

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Iraq’s New President Calls for Speedy Government Formation

Iraq's newly-elected President Abdul Latif Rashid pledged Monday on taking office to throw his weight behind efforts to rapidly form a strong new government. "The Iraqi people expect a new government to be formed rapidly, and that it be efficient and united," Rashid said on his inauguration at the presidential…

Irish Mirror

Wife of man in Iraq jail rallying hundreds of supporters to oppose new Iraqi embassy in Ireland

Desree Pether fears for her husband Robert, who has been locked up in Baghdad since April of last year

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Braving Rocket Attack, Iraqi MPs Elect New State President

Despite a rocket attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, Iraqi lawmakers Thursday elected a new president in hopes of ending a year of political gridlock and violence in the war-scarred nation. Iraqi Kurd Abdel Latif Rashid, 78, was elected as the new Iraqi head of state, replacing Barham Salih, by the…

Al Jazeera

Iraqi parliament elects Abdul Latif Rashid as new president

Election breaks months-long political deadlock and came hours after rockets struck areas near Baghdad’s Green Zone.

Daily Record

Family of Scots dad facing jail in Qatar plea for help from David Beckham

Brian Glendinning, from Fife, has spent the last month behind bars in Baghdad after he was arrested as he arrived at Basa Airport to start a job for BP.

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10 Injured in Baghdad Green Zone Rockets Attack

Nine rockets landed on Thursday around the Iraqi capital's Green Zone, home to government buildings and foreign missions, the military said. Around 10 people were injured in the attack. Similar attacks took place last month as the parliament was holding a vote to confirm its speaker. According to media reports,…

Al Jazeera

Rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone as Iraq parliament meets

Parliament convenes for vote to elect a new president after several rockets land in and around the fortified area.

France 24

Rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone as Iraqi MPs meet to elect president

At least three rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone on Thursday as a parliamentary session was about to meet to elect a new president and break a political gridlock.

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Iraq Seeks Int’l Action to Address Iran’s Attacks on Kurdistan

Iraq’s parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi announced that his country would turn to the international community to address Iran’s ongoing attacks against the Kurdistan Region. Addressing parliament on Saturday, he said Iraq will bring up the issue during the meetings of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Baghdad will call on the union to…

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