Iraq: American fast food is leaving its mark two decades after the invasion
US franchises such as Burger King and Cold Stone Creamery open with fanfare, including appearances by high-level American diplomats
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US franchises such as Burger King and Cold Stone Creamery open with fanfare, including appearances by high-level American diplomats
Print this article Iraqi Christians attend a Christmas Eve mass at the Grand Immaculate Church in al-Hamdaniya, near Mosul, December 24, 2018. (Khalid al-Mousily/Reuters) They have suffered much in the past two decades. Will new attention to their plight improve their lot? In July 2017, the Iraqi military and Shia militias fought their way through Mosul’s Old City against ISIS. The air was filled with concrete dust and the stench of rotting human flesh and feces, the heat a punishing 110 Fahrenheit. There were dead bodies here and there, ISIS and civilian...