Baghdad, the setting of Assassin's Creed Mirage, was the bustling capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and a major center of commerce, culture, and learning during the 9th century. The Mongol invasion in ...

After five centuries of brilliance, the Abbasid Caliphate met its end in 1258, when Mongol armies stormed Baghdad. The city ...

To understand the chaos and bloodshed in Iraq, the masked men of ISIS and their call for an Islamic caliphate, go back 1,239 years. The year is 775. The place is Baghdad. The Sunni caliph Al Mansur ...

Iraqi gamers celebrated the release Thursday of the latest instalment of the “Assassin’s Creed” action-adventure saga, set in ninth century Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate. In the game, the ...

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Baghdad faces a mounting waste crisis, producing 8,000-10,000 tons of solid waste daily with only limited recycling capacity.

THEY WERE inspired by activists in America and Britain who toppled statues of Confederate soldiers and 18th-century slave-traders. Their target was 1,000 years older, however. Shia radicals in Iraq ...

A small fire occurred at Baghdad‘s Al-Rasheed hotel. All of the guests and staff personnel were evacuated as the fire occurred. The fire has now been extinguished safely. The small fire at Baghdad’s ...