Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group signed an oil transport deal with Iraq’s Amaan Baghdad Company last October.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/02/iraqs-pm-uae-abu-dhabi-announces-water-project-sinjar

Additional attacks that day occurred at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center near Baghdad International Airport and a mission support site in Euphrates in Northeast Syria; on Oct. 20 at al-Harir air base; and Oct. 23 at Al Tanf Garrison in Syria.

Source: https://www.samfordcrimson.com/us-led-forces-begin-live-fire-exercises-in-iraq-syria-after-14-attacks-on-american-bases-left-24-injured-2023-10-25.html

Additional attacks that day occurred at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center near Baghdad International Airport and a mission support site in Euphrates in Northeast Syria; on Oct. 20 at al-Harir air base; and Oct. 23 at Al Tanf Garrison in Syria.

Source: https://www.samfordcrimson.com/us-led-forces-begin-live-fire-exercises-in-iraq-syria-after-14-attacks-on-american-bases-left-24-injured-2023-10-25.html

An Iraqi government statement said Baghdad had also recalled its charge d’affaires in, and Iraq’s state news agency reported that Iraq had suspended the working permit of‘s Ericsson on Iraqi soil.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/07/20/iraq-expels-swedish-ambassador-over-planned-koran-burning/

As one old man in a decrepit alleyway in Baghdad insisted to him that May, before the war turned sour, “The Americans who had brought all these tanks and planes would fix everything in a matter of weeks.”

Source: https://theintercept.com/2023/03/26/iraq-war-book-ghaith-abdul-ahad/

Assassin’s Creed Mirage takes place during the 9th century in the city of Baghdad where you play as a street thief/newly minted Hidden One (Assassin) Basim.

Source: https://411mania.com/games/assassins-creed-mirage-ps5-review/

A well-respected academic and expert on jihadist groups, Hashemi was shot dead outside his Baghdad home in July 2020 by gunmen on motorcycles.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/05/iraq-court-sentences-death-killer-academic-hisham-al-hashemi

Baghdad radio had just announced Iraq’s acceptance of a cease-fire proposal and, in compliance with UN Resolution 660, retreating Iraqi troops were ordered to withdraw to positions held before August 2, 1990.

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/02/highway-of-death/

Baghdad, SANA-The Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union announced on Saturday the formation of a delegation to visit Syria, affirming its support and standing by its people.

Source: http://sana.sy/en/?p=301819

Born in Baghdad to a Kurdish family, Mr. Zahawi came to Britain at age 11, when his parents fled the tyranny of Saddam Hussein.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/29/world/europe/zahawi-sunak-fired.html

BRUSSELS (AP) – Belgian authorities said Friday they have arrested an Iraqi on charges of murder, war crimes and crimes against humanity over bombings that took place in Baghdad more than a decade ago.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/05/05/iraqi-suspected-of-terror-bombings-that-killed-376-arrested-in-europe/

"But it also presents an opportunity for Baghdad to finally be involved in Iraqi Kurdistan's oil sector" and should also allow Kurdistan "to accrue higher revenues" in future.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/04/iraq-kurdish-region-sign-accord-resume-oil-exports

Caliph Al-Qa'im of the Abbasid dynasty still holds onto Baghdad and some power, but is a vassal of the Seljuk Empire, and is even married to the Emperor's sister.

Source: https://gamerant.com/crusader-kings-3-dlc-best-starting-rulers-legacy-of-persia/

Elizabeth, a fellow at New Lines Institute and a doctoral student at Princeton University's department of politics, disappeared in March after last being seen in the Karrada region of Baghdad.

Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sister-kidnapped-israeli-researcher-urges-us-use-influence-free-her

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslims’ holy book, during a demonstration in front of the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, on June 30, 2023, in response to the burning of Quran in Sweden.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1804517/protesters-storm-swedish-embassy-in-baghdad-amid-continuing-anger-over-quran-burning

Following the attack, Iraq hosted an international conference attended by world politicians, rebel leaders and journalists in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

Source: http://southasiajournal.net/when-the-us-illegally-invaded-a-un-member-state/

“I’m here to reaffirm the U.S.-Iraq strategic partnership as we move toward a more secure, stable, and sovereign Iraq,” Austin wrote on Twitter upon landing in Baghdad.

Source: https://realnewsmagazine.net/pentagon-chief-in-iraq-ahead-of-20th-anniversary-of-invasion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pentagon-chief-in-iraq-ahead-of-20th-anniversary-of-invasion

In a statement on Monday, the Iraqi MoD announced that the commander of the air defense unit of the ISIL terrorist group was detained in southern Baghdad.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/197638/3-ISIL-terrorists-detained-in-Iraq-s-Kirkuk

In August 2022, he announced his departure from politics, prompting supporters to storm a government palace in Baghdad and fight with rival groups in deadly violence.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/factbox-who-is-the-iraqi-shiite-cleric-muqtada-al-sadr/article_b360b071-c6d6-56d4-97df-08336dbe20e7.html

In Iraq, which is recovering from decades of conflict, the Baghdad Museum, founded in 1926 to chronicle 7,000 years of history, has closed and reopened in recent years, depending on the upheavals in the news.

Source: https://tumblerridgenews.com/iraq-the-baghdad-museum-is-finally-open-on-weekends-and-for-free/