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Assassin’s Creed Mirage: What to know about the ‘Golden Age’ of Baghdad

The new video game offers a glimpse of Baghdad, once the capital of an empire and the centre of the Islamic world.

Al Jazeera

'Assassin’s Creed Mirage' Beginner’s Guide: 8 Essential Tips and Tricks To Keep in Mind

Here are 8 tips and tricks to get start you on the path to becoming a master assassin in 'Assassin's Creed Mirage.'

Inverse

Assassin’s Creed Mirage review – a stripped-back stab in the right direction

Set in ninth-century Baghdad, this latest iteration of the murderous mega-series has cleared out recent bloated extras, leaving you with just a sword and dagger

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Assassin’s Creed Mirage review: The franchise goes back to its roots, and thank goodness for that

Combining the best features of the franchise’s older games with gorgeous storytelling and landscapes, this is a little gem

Evening Standard

'Assassin’s Creed Mirage' Review: Ubisoft's Once-Great Franchise Is Beyond Repair

The latest entry in Ubisoft's stealth action series is a return to form, but rather than a welcome home-coming it only reveals how far the franchise has fallen.

Inverse

New Assassin’s Creed video game brings Baghdad’s Golden Age back to life

The game brings to life a city that was the intellectual and artistic heart of the mighty Abbasid empire.

Al Jazeera

What the new Assassin's Creed game tells us about ninth-century Baghdad – from the art historian who worked on the game

Gamers the world over will be familiar with the incredibly detailed historic cityscapes the Assassin’s Creed franchise has produced so far. Following earlier forays into ancient Damascus and Athens, the forthcoming instalment, Mirage, takes players into ninth-century Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid caliphate.

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What we know so far about the deadly wedding fire in Iraq’s Nineveh

A massive fire has turned a wedding into a tragedy, and authorities say the death toll may still rise.

Al Jazeera

Iraqi FM Fuad Hussein: US-Iran prisoner swap 'will lead to less tension'

On the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly in New York, Iraqi Foreign Minister and deputy PM Fuad Hussein spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman about the recent deadly drone attack in Iraqi Kurdistan, a security agreement with Iran, the recent US-Iran prisoner swap deal, as well as relations…

France 24

'Assassin’s Creed Mirage' Resurrects the Franchise’s Roots, Warts and All

In 'Assassin's Creed Mirage,' stealth and parkour replace open-world RPG bloat in a return to the franchise's roots. But flaws of the past also return.

Inverse

Why is the Shalamcheh-Basra railroad so important to Iran and Iraq?

Tehran and Baghdad begin construction of rail link after decades of planning, but challenges remain.

Al Jazeera

18 people have been killed in Iraq after a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims to Karbala overturned

Iraqi medical officials say 18 people have been killed after a bus carrying pilgrims to the Iraqi city of Karbala overturned north of Baghdad

The Independent UK

Iranian, four Iraqis jailed for life for killing of US citizen in Baghdad

The men confessed to the murder, saying they kidnapped the American for ransom but did not mean to kill him.

Al Jazeera

Iraq's polluted rivers threaten daily life, pose serious health risks

Over the past few months, temperatures in Iraq have reached 50 degrees Celsius and water levels in the country’s rivers are dropping fast. Despite having two big rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, Iraq suffers from desertification and there are concerns about the water disappearing - mainly from Iranian and Turkish…

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Iraq offers rewards for information on missing people from Gulf War

Baghdad calls on people with information about burial sites of missing persons from the Gulf War to come forward.

Al Jazeera

Turkish attacks kill 7 PKK members in Iraq as delegation visits KRG

Turkish FM discussed oil exports blocked by Turkey in March after a longstanding arbitration case filed by Baghdad.

Al Jazeera

Turkey wants Iraq to designate PKK a ‘terrorist’ organisation: Top diplomat

Turkey says PKK is a threat to Iraqi security, ignoring Baghdad’s complaints about Ankara’s air attacks on Iraqi soil.

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Assassin's Creed Mirage drops a new trailer showing off its Arabic dub

Take a stabby tour of Baghdad with Basim's Arabic VA

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The Independent UK

Officials commemorate 20th anniversary of deadly attack on UN headquarters in Iraq

Iraqi and United Nations officials have marked the 20th anniversary of a deadly attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad

Evening Standard

Bear breaks free of cage in cargo hold causing bizarre delay at Dubai airport

Keeping predatory animals as pets in Iraq — especially in Baghdad — has become popular among the wealthy.

The Conversation

Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad watched Saddam's statue topple in 2003. His 'standout' war memoir de-centres the West

Baghdad native and former architect Ghaith Abdul-Ahad traces his start as a journalist to the day Saddam Hussein’s statue was toppled in central Baghdad, on April 9 2003 – two weeks after US troops invaded the city.

The Independent UK

A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians

A feud between two prominent Christian leaders has divided believers of the faith in Iraq

The Independent UK

Bank owners and citizens protest deterioration of the Iraqi dinar following US ban on Iraqi banks

Dozens of people have protested in front of the Central Bank of Iraq in Baghdad and bank owners called for official action to stem a sharp increase in the dollar exchange rate

WEKU

Denmark's latest Quran burning sparks more outrage in Iraq and other Muslim nations

Protesters set fire to a copy of the Quran outside the Iraqi Embassy in Denmark's capital of Copenhagen, the latest such incident to draw condemnation from Muslim-majority countries.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds attempt to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over Quran burning

Protesters gather after reports that the far-right Danish group Danske Patrioter burned the Quran in Copenhagen.

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