Iran To Use Released Iraqi Funds To Pay Pilgrims’ Annual Subsidy
A group of Iranian pilgrims of Arbaeen on their way to the Iraqi city of Karbala (September 2022) Friday, 08/04/2023 Author: Iran International NewsroomIran SanctionsForeign RelationsMiddle East Amid reports of releasing […]
The world 9/11 created: What if the U.S. had not invaded Iraq?
Analysis by Ishaan Tharoor Columnist September 9, 2021 This is the third installment in a short series from Today’s WorldView for the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. There’s a scene in the 2014 […]
Jews in Iraq, in the good old days
Avi Shlaim says he has ‘proof of Zionist involvement’ in 1950s attack on Iraqi Jews British-Israeli historian claims in new memoir that Mossad carried out bombings to drive Jews out […]
In Pictures: The protectors of a 7,000-year-old faith
(Image credit: Simon Urwin) By Simon Urwin 4th August 2023 Lalish is a tiny mountain village in Kurdistan with a population of just 25. It is to the Yazidis what Mecca […]
Sweden re-examining residency permit of Iraqi refugee who burned Qur’an copy
Momika, who threatened to burn a copy of the Qur’an and the Iraqi flag, was escorted by police to a location outside the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm on July 20. […]
Book burning must be banished from political discourse
YOSSI MEKELBERG July 26, 2023 Short Urlhttps://arab.news/9z3pzThere is something frighteningly true in the observation of the 19th-century German poet Heinrich Heine, which was prompted by a burning of the Qur’an […]
Ashura: How a movement changed course of history
By Soheila Zarfam July 25, 2023 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – For a tourist visiting Iran during the first ten days of the month of Muharram, these days might feel […]
Protests across Muslim nations after Sweden allows second attack on Qur’an
Stockholm apologetic amid fears Turkey may delay lifting Nato veto following desecration of holy book Patrick Wintour Diplomatic EditorFri 21 Jul 2023 Thousands of people took part in protests across Muslim […]
Limited political support in Sweden to ban Koran burnings
This content was published on July 21, 2023 By Johan AhlanderSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) – There is limited political will in Sweden to ban Koran burnings that have upset large parts of […]
Protesters angered by Qur’an burning storm Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad
Sweden Protests were called by supporters of a prominent cleric who were angered by the burning of a Qur’an in StockholmGuardian staff and agenciesThu 20 Jul 2023 03.19 BST Protesters […]
As uncertainty shrouds his future, a past full of contradictions haunts Qur’an burner Salwan Momika
Previous 0 seconds of 2 minutes, 11 secondsVolume 40% SPECIALNext Updated 25 sec ago ARAB NEWS July 07, 2023 LONDON: Salwan Momika, the Iraqi refugee who burned and desecrated a […]
UN chief concerned Russia may not extend Ukraine grain deal
BY DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS ISTANBUL JUN 12, 2023 – The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference at the al-Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, March […]
Is the Middle East on the threshold of restructuring?
YASAR YAKIS June 04, 2023 The political order that prevailed in the Middle East for centuries came to an end after the First World War. The victors of the war […]
Iraq’s Christians fight to save threatened ancient language
By AFP – Jun 03,2023 – JORDAN TIMES In this photo taken on May 16, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Michaeel Najeeb presents an old Syriac-language Christian codex at the Eastern […]
Iraq: Christian NGOs accused of trying to convert Yazidis
Yazidi community leaders have expressed outrage at attempts by western proselytisers to recruit their people to Christianity through aid work Christian pamphlets handed out to Yazidis by missionaries, written in […]
American found guilty of torture in Iraq
US soldiers take position on top of Police Building during a training session by US army at al-Karama police headquarter in Mosul, north of Baghdad June 16, 2009. AFP May […]
Duchess of Edinburgh becomes first royal to visit Baghdad in Iraq
bbc.com By Rachel Russell BBC News The Duchess of Edinburgh has become the first UK royal to visit Baghdad – as part of her work to support survivors of sexual […]
Amman meeting explores path to end crisis in Syria
By JT – May 02,2023 – JORDAN TIMES The foreign ministers of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq and Egypt during a consultative meeting in Amman on Monday (Petra photo) AMMAN — The […]
Iraq’s new role in the region
BY FERHAT TUTKAL AUG 18, 2021 – DAILY SABAH An aerial view of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 11, 2021. (REUTERS Photo) Iraq is entering a new era with Prime Minister Mustafa […]