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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken flies in a helicopter to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani in Baghdad, Iraq, December 13, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken flies in a helicopter to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani in Baghdad, Iraq, December 13, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani in Baghdad, Iraq, December 13, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani in Baghdad, Iraq, December 13, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iraqi paramilitary official says U.S. airstrikes meant to weaken Iraqi forces

STORY: Iraqi paramilitary official says U.S. airstrikes meant to weaken Iraqi forces SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 4, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the funeral STORYLINE: Falih al-Fayyadh, chairman of the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi Forces, said Sunday that U.S. airstrikes on its bases in western Iraq were meant to weaken the group and stop it from protecting the country. Al-Fayyadh made the remarks at a funeral for some of the 16 militiamen killed in the U.S. strikes late Friday on the al-Qaim area and the nearby Akashat area in Anbar province near Iraq's border with Syria. The strikes also wounded 36 others. He said the U.S. targeted the militia's facilities, including a hospital and administrative offices, as well as its forces deployed to fight terrorism and guard the border. Al-Fayyadh accused the U.S. of lying about supporting Iraq in its fight against terrorism, saying, "It (the U.S.) is plotting to weaken and neutrali

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FUNERAL

(240204) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Falih al-Fayyadh, chairman of the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi Forces, speaks during a funeral for some of the 16 militiamen killed in the U.S. strikes in western Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 4, 2024. Al-Fayyadh said Sunday that U.S. airstrikes on its bases in western Iraq were meant to weaken the group and stop it from protecting the country. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FUNERAL

(240204) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Members of the security forces stand guard during a funeral for some of the 16 militiamen killed in the U.S. strikes in western Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 4, 2024. Falih al-Fayyadh, chairman of the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi Forces, said Sunday that U.S. airstrikes on its bases in western Iraq were meant to weaken the group and stop it from protecting the country. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-U.S.-AIRSTRIKES

(240203) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone on Feb. 3, 2024 shows a damaged house after U.S. airstrikes in Anbar, Iraq. The Iraqi government said Saturday that the U.S. airstrikes on the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces in western Iraq killed 16 people, including civilians, and injured 25 others. (Xinhua)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-U.S.-AIRSTRIKES

(240203) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone on Feb. 3, 2024 shows a destroyed car after U.S. airstrikes in Anbar, Iraq. The Iraqi government said Saturday that the U.S. airstrikes on the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces in western Iraq killed 16 people, including civilians, and injured 25 others. (Xinhua)

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Iraq's fishery industry struggles to survive water scarcity, overfishing

STORY: Iraq's fishery struggles to survive water scarcity, overfishing DATELINE: May 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:34 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of fishery in Iraq 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAYD HASHIM AL-MUSAWI, Fisherman 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HATEM FAISAL AL-JUBOURI, Agricultural engineer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): HAZIM DAHMOUSH, Head of the Fish Hatchery Department at the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): SAYD HAIDER, Owner of fishing supplies shop STORYLINE: Fish production is one of Iraq's vital economic sectors, but it has suffered many setbacks in recent years due to climate change, water scarcity, pollution, and overfishing. Hashim al-Musawi, a 76-year-old fisherman living on the western bank of the Tigris River in central Baghdad, feels heart-breaking when he sees that the river has become muddy and polluted. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAYD HASHIM AL-MUSAWI, Fisherman "I have been working for more than 50 years in this profession (fisherman) since I was a

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Iraqi fashion designer seeks to revive ancient Mesopotamian clothing

STORY: Iraqi fashion designer seeks to revive ancient Mesopotamian clothing DATELINE: Dec. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:51 LOCATION: ERBIL, Iraq CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqi fashion designer Steve Al-Sati working in his workshop in Erbil 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): STEVE AL-SATI, Iraqi fashion designer 3. various of Iraqi fashion designer Steve Al-Sati working in his workshop in Erbil 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): STEVE AL-SATI, Iraqi fashion designer 5. various of Steve Al-Sati's works STORYLINE: Steve Al-Sati, a young Iraqi fashion designer, seeks to revive the traditional costumes and clothes worn by the people of ancient Mesopotamia by making them by hand. Clothes, accessories, and fabrics embroidered with inscriptions and drawings dating back to the Babylonian and Assyrian eras, and traditional Chaldean costumes, were until the recent past, part of the daily life of Iraqi Christians in the Kurdistan region, Mosul, Kirkuk, and Baghdad. But today, they have become very few because of Western fashi

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Iraqi boy leaves hospital after 2nd eye operation

MITAKA, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, smiles as he is about to leave a hospital in Mitaka, western Tokyo, after his second eye operation on Dec. 28. The boy had his left eye badly injured during a military clash in Iraq.

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(3)Iraqi militants show firefight scene on web video

TOKYO, Japan - This image taken from a video released on May 15 on the website of the militant Iraqi group Ansar al-Sunnah Army shows several motor vehicles left in flames after being attacked by the group. The group said in a web message posted on May 9 that it had captured Japanese security guard Akihiko Saito after ambushing a five-vehicle convoy near Hit, western Iraq.

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(2)Iraqi militants show firefight scene on web video

TOKYO, Japan - This image taken from a video released on May 15 on the website of the militant Iraqi group Ansar al-Sunnah Army shows members of the group armed with guns walking around the scene where they attacked a five-vehicle convoy near Hit, western Iraq on May 8.

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(1)Iraqi militants show firefight scene on web video

TOKYO, Japan - This image taken from a video released on May 15 on the website of the militant Iraqi group Ansar al-Sunnah Army shows a motor vehicle engulfed in flames. The group said in a web message posted on May 9 that it had captured Japanese security guard Akihiko Saito after ambushing a five-vehicle convoy near Hit, western Iraq.

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10-year-old Iraqi boy returns home

NARITA, Japan - Ten-year-old Mohamad Haytham Saleh, an Iraqi boy who underwent a second round of surgery on his left eye in Tokyo in December, waves as he leaves Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Jan. 15. The boy's left eye was injured during fighting between U.S. troops and militants in November 2003 in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah.

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Iraqi boy hospitalized for eye operation

NUMAZU, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, walks into a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, accompanied by his father on June 9 to receive surgery on his left eye, which was injured during a gunfight last November in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah.

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(4) Japanese troop unit enters Iraq from Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L fore), head of a contingent of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), speaks to reporters before leaving the U.S. base in western Kuwait for the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 27.

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(3) Japanese troop unit enters Iraq from Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Members of a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) core unit prepare to leave the U.S. base in western Kuwait for the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 27. They are to joint about 100 GSDF personnel who are already in Samawah.

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10-year-old Iraqi boy returns home

NARITA, Japan - Ten-year-old Mohamad Haytham Saleh, an Iraqi boy who underwent a second round of surgery on his left eye in Tokyo in December, waves as he leaves Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Jan. 15. The boy's left eye was injured during fighting between U.S. troops and militants in November 2003 in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan unable to confirm if Saito has been taken hostage

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a passport posted by an Iraqi insurgent group, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, on its website on May 9. The passport is believed to be that of Akihiko Saito, who worked at a U.S. military base in western Iraq for more than a year for the Iraqi branch of Hart, a British security firm based in Cyprus. (Kyodo)

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(3)Iraqi militants show firefight scene on web video

TOKYO, Japan - This image taken from a video released on May 15 on the website of the militant Iraqi group Ansar al-Sunnah Army shows several motor vehicles left in flames after being attacked by the group. The group said in a web message posted on May 9 that it had captured Japanese security guard Akihiko Saito after ambushing a five-vehicle convoy near Hit, western Iraq. (Kyodo)

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(2)Iraqi militants show firefight scene on web video

TOKYO, Japan - This image taken from a video released on May 15 on the website of the militant Iraqi group Ansar al-Sunnah Army shows members of the group armed with guns walking around the scene where they attacked a five-vehicle convoy near Hit, western Iraq on May 8. (Kyodo)

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(1)Iraqi militants show firefight scene on web video

TOKYO, Japan - This image taken from a video released on May 15 on the website of the militant Iraqi group Ansar al-Sunnah Army shows a motor vehicle engulfed in flames. The group said in a web message posted on May 9 that it had captured Japanese security guard Akihiko Saito after ambushing a five-vehicle convoy near Hit, western Iraq. (Kyodo)

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Iraqi boy leaves hospital after 2nd eye operation

MITAKA, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, smiles as he is about to leave a hospital in Mitaka, western Tokyo, after his second eye operation on Dec. 28. The boy had his left eye badly injured during a military clash in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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Refugees return to western Mosul

Refugees return to an area in western Mosul, Iraq, on April 27, 2017, after Iraqi forces recaptured it from the Islamic State militant group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Refugees return to western Mosul

Refugees return to an area in western Mosul, Iraq, on April 27, 2017, after Iraqi forces recaptured it from the Islamic State militant group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iraqi boy hospitalized for eye operation

NUMAZU, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, walks into a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, accompanied by his father on June 9 to receive surgery on his left eye, which was injured during a gunfight last November in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah. (Kyodo)

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(4) Japanese troop unit enters Iraq from Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L fore), head of a contingent of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), speaks to reporters before leaving the U.S. base in western Kuwait for the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 27. (Kyodo)