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Revolutionary Guards say colonel assassinated in Tehran

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that one of its officers, Colonel Sayad Khodai, was killed in a rare assassination in Tehran.

Reuters

Worlds apart: 24 hours with two refugees in Poland

An Iraqi Kurd and a Ukrainian, part of families with young children, take us through a day in their lives as refugees.

Al Jazeera

British man faces further two-week wait as Iraqi court postpones smuggling case

Retired geologist Jim Fitton has been accused of trying to take artefacts out of the country.

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Iraqi court postpones smuggling case against Briton, German

An Iraqi court has postponed the trial of two European tourists charged with antiquities smuggling after their lawyers argued more information was needed about the ancient shards found in their possession

The Independent UK

Erbil Requests a UN Envoy to Organize Relations with Iraq

The Presidency of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq announced that the Security Council approved a request submitted by Erbil to send a UN envoy to organize the relationship with Baghdad and find radical solutions for their differences. The Presidency said in a statement that Council members expressed their support of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Increase gas and oil? Absolutely not

Author of "The World Without Us" on his recent trip to Iraq — and why the Ukraine war is no excuse to pump more oil

Salon

The audience chuckled at George W Bush’s Iraq-Ukraine gaffe. I’m not laughing

I don’t think it’s possible to overstate the depravity and horror of the former president’s 2003 invasion of Iraq

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Turkey Accuses SDF of Obstructing Voluntary Return of Syrian Refugees

Turkey accused the Kurdish forces in Syria of obstructing the return of Syrian refugees, noting that it had begun working with Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon to secure their “voluntary return.” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed that his country will continue its war against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG),…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Stephen Colbert on Bush’s gaffe: ‘A refreshingly lighthearted confession to war crimes’

Late-night hosts discuss Bush accidentally calling the invasion of Iraq ‘wholly unjustified and brutal’, and Roe v Wade

The Guardian - US

Blowback as Bush gaffes Iraq war, not Ukraine, 'unjustified'

Former President George W

The Independent UK

US Sanctions Lebanese Businessman, his Firms over Hezbollah Ties

The US Treasury Department on Thursday issued new Hezbollah-related sanctions, designating Lebanese businessman and the Iran-backed group's financial facilitator, Ahmad Jalal Reda Abdallah, and his companies. Abdallah, five of his associates and eight of his companies in Lebanon and Iraq were sanctioned and added to the sanctions list of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

George W Bush accidentally admits Iraq war was ‘unjustified and brutal’ in gaffe

Former president makes slip when speaking at his presidential library in Dallas on Wednesday

The Guardian - US

Bush condemns "brutal invasion of Iraq"

"Iraq too," Bush added to laughs from the crowd, leaving critics stunned and aghast

Salon

Trying to condemn the war in Ukraine, Bush inadvertently calls Iraq war unjustified

In a speech, Bush criticized "the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq — I mean of Ukraine."

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Al Jazeera

‘Freudian slip’: Bush decries ‘invasion of Iraq’ – not Ukraine

Former US President George W Bush appears to admit 2003 invasion of Iraq was ‘wholly unjustified, brutal’ in speech.

The National (Scotland)

George Bush accidentally condemns 'unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq'

FORMER president of America George Bush has accidentally condemned the “unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq” - a war he initiated.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq’s Kadhimi Ends ‘Green Zone Era,’ Vows Restoring Neighborhoods’ Original Names

Iraqi Caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi dropped a bombshell by announcing that the era of Baghdad’s “Green Zone,” which was set up during the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, is nearing its end. Kadhimi, during a Tuesday visit to the Municipality of Baghdad, pledged that the Green Zone in the…

Evening Standard

George Bush condemns ‘unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq’ in Ukraine speech gaffe

The former US President quickly laughed off the gaffe and joked about his age to a laughing audience

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Syrians struggle to survive in ‘no man’s land’ desert camp

Rukban, which lies near the Syrian border with Jordan and Iraq, has been blockaded by the Syrian government since 2018.

Daily Record

George Bush in embarrassing gaffe as he condemns 'unjustified invasion of Iraq' in Ukraine mix-up

Speaking about the importance of democracy and the lack of it in Russia, Bush said it gave Vladimir Putin the green light to attack its neighbour.

Daily Mirror

George Bush blasts Vladimir Putin's 'brutal IRAQ invasion' in excruciating gaffe

Former US President George Bush was speaking about the importance of democracy when he said the "unjustified and brutal" invasion of Iraq when he meant to say Ukraine

The Independent UK

George W Bush accidentally condemns ‘unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq’ in Ukraine speech gaffe

‘And the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq... I mean of Ukraine’

Tribune News Service

George W. Bush compares Zelenskyy to Churchill, calls Iraq invasion unjustified in gaffe

DALLAS — In some of his most extensive public comments about the Russian invasion of Ukraine since the war began, former President George W. Bush on Wednesday compared Ukranian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Winston Churchill, while decrying the increasingly autocratic Russian regime.

The Independent UK

Lawmakers reach deal to help veterans exposed to burn pits

Congressional bargainers have announced a deal on legislation to boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan

Asharq Al-Awsat

World’s Tallest Building Engulfed as Mideast Sandstorms Hit UAE

The world's tallest building disappeared behind a grey layer of dust on Wednesday as sandstorms that have swept the Middle East hit the United Arab Emirates, prompting weather and traffic warnings. The 828-metre (2,716 ft, 6ins) Burj Khalifa, which towers over Dubai and is usually visible across the busy financial…

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