Protesters Angry Over Quran Burning Storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad
The demonstrators, responding to a protest in Stockholm last month and ahead of one on Thursday, set fire to parts of the building.
By Isabella Kwai and Raja Abdulrahim
The demonstrators, responding to a protest in Stockholm last month and ahead of one on Thursday, set fire to parts of the building.
By Isabella Kwai and Raja Abdulrahim
The installation of a new prime minister and cabinet ends a long-running political deadlock, but perpetuates a system plagued by corruption and dysfunction.
By Jane Arraf
The vote is the first step to forming a new government after a year of political deadlock and heightened instability.
By Jane Arraf
Politicians have failed to form a new government nearly a year after the last elections. Baghdad just saw its worst militia clashes in years. And despite vast oil wealth, the state can’t provide basic services.
By Jane Arraf and Emily Garthwaite
Mikhail Gorbachev is dead at 91.
By Amelia Nierenberg
Muqtada al-Sadr called on his supporters to stand down after two days of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces in Iraq’s capital.
By Reuters
With no functioning government and no common ground, tensions among Shiite political factions have become a deadly matter in Baghdad this week.
By Jane Arraf
Ukraine launches a southern offensive.
By Amelia Nierenberg
Muqtada al-Sadr’s announcement that he would leave politics sent hundreds of his followers into the streets of Baghdad, where they breached concrete barriers guarding the so-called Green Zone.
By The Associated Press and Reuters
The violence erupted after the powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said he is leaving politics. Protesters supporting Mr. Sadr took to the streets of the capital, Baghdad, and security forces opened fire.
By Jane Arraf
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