Babylon Reports

Parliament accepts Iraqi PM resignation, KRG expresses readiness to treat wounded protesters, Iranian consulate set on fire for the second time in a week

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 2 December 2019

In a special session held on Sunday in Baghdad, the Iraqi parliament voted to accept Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi’s resignation, following two months of national anti-corruption protests that have led to the reported deaths of over 400 participants. Abdul Mahdi announced his intention to resign on Friday after the bloodiest day of protests yet, during […]

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Interviews

Breakfast Club – US Acting Consul General Elisabeth Rosenstock-Siller, Sherri Kraham Talabany and Tanya Gilly Khailany talk about 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence

Written by Zoë on 1 December 2019

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Babylon Reports

Iraqi PM submits his resignation, London Bridge attacker shot dead, Albania’s 6.4 Earthquake

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 1 December 2019

Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi had officially handed in his resignation to the parliament. The legislature is expected to discuss the resignation as well as the recent incidents in a session today. The prime minister’s announcement came in response to a call by the Iraqi supreme Shia cleric Ali al-Sistani who called on the Council […]

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Babylon Reports

Iraqi protesters burn down the Iranian consulate in Najaf, Kurdish community in USA collects donation for Syrian Kurds in KRG, TiK-Tok lift the ban of a US teenager

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 28 November 2019

Iraqi angry protesters on Wednesday evening burned down the Iranian consulate in the southern city of Najaf. The staff managed to evacuate through a back door before the building was set on fire. The entire facility was set on fire by the protesters, the sources added, and a curfew was announced in the city.The security […]

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Interviews

Breakfast Club – Orange Corner and Dutch CG

Written by Zoë on 27 November 2019

The Netherlands Consul General in Erbil Willem Cosjin & Orange Corners’ Program Manager David Tannourji joined The Breakfast Club to talk about Orange Corners Erbil which is a start-up incubator helping entrepreneurs from the Kurdistan Region to launch and grow their businesses.  Click here to listen to the interview.

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Babylon Reports

Three bomb explosions rock Baghdad, Swedish Authority launches investigation into Iraq’s Defense minister, Iraq beats Qatar 2-1

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 27 November 2019

Three simultaneous bomb explosions rocked the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday night, leaving five people dead, while more than a dozen were injured. Iraqi officials explained that the first explosion occurred in the southern neighborhood of Baiyaa, resulting in the killing of three people, and wounding of five others, while the second one was in […]

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