News Iraq Al-Qadisiyah: Iraqis are furious over their government's demolition of a minaret that stood for nearly 300 years
For three centuries, the al-Siraji Mosque, with its minaret fashioned from weathered bricks and its pinnacle inlaid with blue ceramic tiles, was a distinctive feature of the city of Basra in southern Iraq. In recent years, it was one of the few tourist attractions in the oil-rich but neglected city, although locals complained that the minaret jutted out into the street, snarling traffic. In the early hours Friday morning, the 11-meter-high (33-foot-high) minaret was razed to the ground, with the
News Iraq Al-Qadisiyah: Iraqis are furious over their government’s demolition of a minaret that stood for nearly 300 years
For three centuries, the al-Siraji Mosque, with its minaret fashioned from weathered bricks and its pinnacle inlaid with blue ceramic tiles, was a distinctive feature of the city of Basra in southern Iraq.
News Iraq Al-Qadisiyah: Iraq demolishes historic 300-year-old religious minaret for bizarre reason, sparking outcry
"The actions of official authorities that have put an end to our heritage," Jaafar Jotheri, an assistant professor of geoarchaeology at Al-Qadisiyah University in Iraq, told The Associated Press.
News Iraq Al-Qadisiyah: Iraqi PM orders 'unconventional methods' to stop Islamic State attacks
Three Iraqi army soldiers were killed in an attack in the Kirkuk governorate late in the evening of Dec. 21, a security source in Kirkuk contacted by Al-Monitor on Dec. 22 said. It was the third ...
News Iraq Al-Qadisiyah: Iraq political clashes leave 23 dead. Here's why some fear that "just like Afghanistan, Iraq is another failed state."
Al-Sadr's nationalist political movement, which opposes both Iran's and the West's influence in Iraq, won the most parliamentary seats in the voting, securing 73 of the total 329. But they fell ...
News Iraq Al-Qadisiyah: Iraq's Muqtada Al-Sadr Announces His Political Retirement
Muqtada al-Sadr announced his political resignation on August 29th. Iraqi Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr has announced he is retiring from politics in a statement posted on his official ...
News Iraq Al-Qadisiyah: What Does Muqtada al-Sadr Really Want in Iraq?
Just two decades ago, few Americans knew who Muqtada al-Sadr was. This was not because of their ignorance of Iraq. After all, few Iraqis knew who he was. A growing number of Americans had studied ...
News Iraq Al-Qadisiyah: 'We Obey': Iraq's Sadr Loyalists Express Diehard Support
In a sun-baked cemetery in the central Iraqi city of Najaf, fresh are the graves of loyalists to Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr who were killed in clashes in Baghdad last week.
News Iraq Al-Qadisiyah: Mena for Touristic & Real Estate Investment (Mena), Egypt - Stock Price, Company Details, News and Contacts - ZAWYA Markets, MENA Edition
Access the most comprehensive database of companies and officers in the Middle East and North Africa, covering all major sectors and industries, from Refinitiv. Screen, analyze and compare projects in ...
News Iraq Al-Qadisiyah: Burgan Bank Platinum Sponsor of the Final Match of the Kuwait Amir Cup 2021
The match, which drew a huge crowd of sports fans, took place between Kuwait Club and Al-Qadisiyah Club at Jaber ... focus on the corporate and financial institutions sectors, as well as having ...
