NYC bar association event commemorated Iraq’s Farhoud pogrom

NYC bar association event commemorated Iraq’s Farhoud pogrom

A first of its kind event was hosted by the New York City Bar Association last week revolving around the issue of the expulsion of Jews from Middle Eastern countries, coinciding with the 83rd commemoration of the Farhoud, a deadly pogrom carried out against the Jews of Baghdad by local mobs, which left hundreds … Read more

Explosive device killed at least one Iraqi Sunni fighter, injured more

Explosive device killed at least one Iraqi Sunni fighter, injured more

In Khan Beni Saad, some 50 kilometers (about 31.07 mi) north of Baghdad, an explosive device killed at least one Iraqi Sunni fighter and injured at least six others at a checkpoint, security officials said Sunday.   Two different explosive devices were detonated at the checkpoint on Saturday evening, according to the Iraqi Security … Read more