Rocket barrage targets U.S. Embassy in Iraq
Iraqi officials say Green Zone s C-RAM air defense system downed the projectiles midair; incident comes ahead of anniversary of targeted killing of Iranian general Soleimani in Baghdad
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Published: 12.20.20 , 21:28
A barrage of rockets targeted the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad s heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday, Iraq s military and Iraqi officials said, sparking fears of renewed unrest as next month s anniversary of the U.S. slaying of an Iranian general draws near.
An Iraqi military statement said an outlawed group had launched numerous rockets targeting the Green Zone, causing material damage to a residential complex and some cars. The statement did not provide further details on whether there were also casualties.
Iraqi parliament formally declares Christmas a national holiday
Dec 18, 2020 senior correspondent
In this Monday, Dec. 18, 2017 photo, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq. (Credit: Khalid Mohammed/AP.)
Iraqi parliament earlier this week voted to establish Christmas as an annual national holiday.
ROME – In a move some have said is already a direct result of Pope Francis’s highly anticipated visit to the country in March, Iraqi parliament earlier this week voted to establish Christmas as an annual national holiday.
The vote, which took place Dec. 16, was unanimous and goes into effect this year, meaning that for all of its woes, 2020 will have at least one silver lining for the Iraqi Christian community.
.A worshipper prays during Mass in 2018 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing. Christians and others practicing their faith experienced serious challenges to religious freedom around the world this year, heightened by dangers posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Damir Sagolj, Reuters) .Bob Fu, president of China Aid, a Texas-based aid organization for Chinese Christians, speaks during a forum titled Religious Persecution 75 years After the Holocaust at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington Feb. 5, 2020. (CNS photo/Joel Mason-Gaines, courtesy U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum) .VolunteerS clean the Syriac Catholic Church of St. Thomas in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2020. News reports said the effort seeks to sweep away the horrors of three years of rule by Islamic State militants and welcome back members of minority faiths who fled IS. (CNS photo/Abdullah Rashid, Reut
The Tablet December 18, 2020
Pope Francis greets Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, Iraq, during a meeting with Chaldean Catholics at the Church of St. Simon the Tanner in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2016. In a move some have said is already a direct result of Pope Francis’ highly anticipated visit to the country in March, Iraqi parliament earlier this week voted to establish Christmas as an annual national holiday. (Photo:CNS/Paul Haring)
By Elise Ann Allen
ROME (Crux) – In a move some have said is already a direct result of Pope Francis’ highly anticipated visit to the country in March, Iraqi parliament earlier this week voted to establish Christmas as an annual national holiday.
Iraq amends law giving Palestinian residents same rights as nationals December 11, 2020 at 2:40 am | Published in: Iraq, Middle East, News, Palestine
Iraqi Vice President and parliament member Adel Abdul-Mahdi speaks during a special session April 13, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq [Ceerwan Aziz-Pool/Getty Images] December 11, 2020 at 2:40 am
The Iraqi parliament has approved a legal amendment to the law on foreigners giving Palestinians who have resided in Iraq for a minimum of ten years the same rights as Iraqi nationals, Palestinian news agency
WAFA reported.
Under the new amendments, the news agency disclosed that Palestinians who have lived in Iraq for at least ten years would enjoy the same rights as Iraqis, with the exception of citizenship, running for public office and voting.