Baghdad

Ten people were killed and more than 20 wounded in an explosion in east Baghdad on Saturday, according to security and medical sources.

Assassin’s Creed: Mirage trailer was finally revealed at Ubisoft Forward. This time, the franchise will be heavily narrative-driven, following the tale of a young Basim, who turns his life around, from an average pickpocket to a master assassin. Assassin’s Creed: Mirage launches sometime in 2023 across all major platforms — PS5, PS4, Xbox Ser...

Assassin's Creed Mirage is now official. Ubisoft unveiled a teaser photo for the latest instalment in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. The game is reportedly set in Baghdad, and is slated for a Spring 2023 release. With Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Ubisoft is expected to take a back-to-basics approach, whilst ditching the open-world RPG elements see...

Fighting between rival Iraqi forces resumed Tuesday in Baghdad, where 23 supporters of Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr have been shot dead since Monday, according to the latest toll by medics.

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday called for "restraint" in Iraq and asked all parties to "take immediate steps to de-escalate the situation" as Baghdad's Green Zone descended into chaos, according to his spokesman.

Twelve protesters were killed Monday after supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr stormed the government palace in Baghdad's Green Zone as the powerful Shiite leader said he was quitting politics.

Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and occupied parliament on Saturday in a deepening political crisis.

Assassin’s Creed Baghdad, the latest entry in the Ubisoft franchise, is eyeing a 2023 release window. The game was internally known as Assassin’s Creed Rift and started life as a planned expansion to 2020’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

Iraqi authorities had arrested James Fitton, 66, at Baghdad International Airport in March for carrying small fragments of ancient pottery in his baggage.

Eleven people including nine schoolteachers died in a head-on road crash south of Baghdad as they returned from a Ramadan meal, Iraqi authorities said Saturday, blaming speed.

Garbage clogs the banks of Iraq's Tigris River in Baghdad but an army of young volunteers is cleaning it, a rare environmental project in the war-battered country.

Six rockets were fired at the Iraqi capital's airport at dawn on Friday, causing damage but no casualties, two security sources said.

Three people including two children were wounded in rocket attacks Thursday on Baghdad's Green Zone, with one hitting a school and two smashing into the US embassy grounds, Iraqi security sources said.

The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Iraq shot down two armed drones targeting its compound at Baghdad airport early Monday, a coalition source told AFP.

Two Katyusha rockets early Sunday targeted the ultra-secure Green Zone in Baghdad that houses the US embassy, Iraq's security forces said in a statement.

Ten people were killed and more than 20 wounded in an explosion in east Baghdad on Saturday, according to security and medical sources.

Assassin’s Creed: Mirage trailer was finally revealed at Ubisoft Forward. This time, the franchise will be heavily narrative-driven, following the tale of a young Basim, who turns his life around, from an average pickpocket to a master assassin. Assassin’s Creed: Mirage launches sometime in 2023 across all major platforms — PS5, PS4, Xbox Ser...

Assassin's Creed Mirage is now official. Ubisoft unveiled a teaser photo for the latest instalment in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. The game is reportedly set in Baghdad, and is slated for a Spring 2023 release. With Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Ubisoft is expected to take a back-to-basics approach, whilst ditching the open-world RPG elements see...

Fighting between rival Iraqi forces resumed Tuesday in Baghdad, where 23 supporters of Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr have been shot dead since Monday, according to the latest toll by medics.

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday called for "restraint" in Iraq and asked all parties to "take immediate steps to de-escalate the situation" as Baghdad's Green Zone descended into chaos, according to his spokesman.

Twelve protesters were killed Monday after supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr stormed the government palace in Baghdad's Green Zone as the powerful Shiite leader said he was quitting politics.

Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and occupied parliament on Saturday in a deepening political crisis.

Assassin’s Creed Baghdad, the latest entry in the Ubisoft franchise, is eyeing a 2023 release window. The game was internally known as Assassin’s Creed Rift and started life as a planned expansion to 2020’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

Iraqi authorities had arrested James Fitton, 66, at Baghdad International Airport in March for carrying small fragments of ancient pottery in his baggage.

Eleven people including nine schoolteachers died in a head-on road crash south of Baghdad as they returned from a Ramadan meal, Iraqi authorities said Saturday, blaming speed.

Garbage clogs the banks of Iraq's Tigris River in Baghdad but an army of young volunteers is cleaning it, a rare environmental project in the war-battered country.

Six rockets were fired at the Iraqi capital's airport at dawn on Friday, causing damage but no casualties, two security sources said.

Three people including two children were wounded in rocket attacks Thursday on Baghdad's Green Zone, with one hitting a school and two smashing into the US embassy grounds, Iraqi security sources said.

The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Iraq shot down two armed drones targeting its compound at Baghdad airport early Monday, a coalition source told AFP.

Two Katyusha rockets early Sunday targeted the ultra-secure Green Zone in Baghdad that houses the US embassy, Iraq's security forces said in a statement.