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A cold welcome to Baghdad
I don’t know what it was like before, but if this is the new normal in Baghdad it must take some getting used to.
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Blasts kill at least 67 in Baghdad
Several bombs go off in mainly Shia Muslim areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad leaving at least 67 people dead and many injured. The attacks come as sectarian tensions escalate in Iraq.
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Death toll rises in Baghdad bombings
Days after the US withdrawal from Iraq, a series of blasts kill at least 63 people in the first big attack on Baghdad since a crisis erupted between the Shia-led government and Sunni rivals.
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Baghdad bombing highlights Iraq's political void
Lindsey Hilsum blogs on how today’s Baghdad bomb attack is the latest sign that insurgents are seeking to exploit the political void caused by Iraq’s inconclusive election.
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Baghdad and the CPA come under review
More from the Iraq Inquiry blog
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Pro-Palestinian protests take place across the world
From Baghdad and Tehran to Islamabad and Paris. Protests have been held around the world, supporting Palestinians and condemning Israel for its air strikes. Such protests have left Jewish communities fearing they’ll be targeted, as anger grows over Israel’s response to the unprecedented attack on its people. Warning: distressing images.
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‘It’s not easy to talk about honour killings in Iraq,’ says adviser to Iraq’s Prime Minister
We spoke to Ala Talabani, who’s an advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister on Women’s Affairs in Baghdad, and began by asking how people in Iraq have responded to the young woman’s killing.
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‘We need to kick Putin’s ass’ says German Greens MEP
We speak to Viola Von Cramon, an MEP from the German Greens, who’s currently in Baghdad on official business.
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What do Iraqis stuck between Iran and the USA want for their future?
Many young Iraqis say they are fed up with their country being a battleground for other nations’ quarrels – and protesters have been camping in central Baghdad for the last three months.
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Ukraine plane ‘highly likely’ shot down by Iran missile – US officials say
US officials have said that it’s highly likely that it was an Iranian missile that brought down a passenger plane yesterday.
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British Navy ships on standby in Middle East
The Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has told MPs that some British personnel in Iraq have been moved from Baghdad to a secure military base for safety, following the killing of General Soleimani.
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Whether US troops leave or remain in Iraq ‘not ideal either way’, says political analyst Hamzeh Hadad
Hamzeh Hadad, Iraqi political analyst, speaks to Channel 4 News from Baghdad
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‘The UK doesn’t need to involve itself more than necessary’, says Dr Lina Khatib on rising US-Iran tensions
The Foreign Office has strengthened its travel advice for Iran and Iraq since the assassination of General Soleimani.
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Angry mourners chant ‘death to America’ after top Iranian general assassinated
General Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike near Baghdad airport yesterday – a killing that Iranian leaders called ‘an act of war’.
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‘Iran’s top priority is to force US out of Iraq’, says former policy adviser Vali Nasr
We asked the Foreign Office for an interview, but no one was available from the government. In a statement earlier today the Foreign Secretary urged all parties to de-escalate, saying “further conflict is in none of our interests”. We speak to Mustafa Salim, in Baghdad for the Washington Post, a US former senior policy adviser…