/tags/pope-francis-iraq en /node/1870246/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/zaid-khashogji">Zaid Khashogji</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Zaid Khashogji</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1622776515878365300</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2021-06-04 06:15</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> RIYADH: The Higher Committee of Human Fraternity (HCHF) held a webinar on Thursday, called “Pope Francis in Iraq: A Moment of Human Fraternity,” to discuss concrete steps that can be taken to ensure that the seed of harmony in Iraq continues to grow, with partnerships across all religious and ethnic divides.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/04/2648916-81271040.jpg" width="2794" height="1536" alt="" title="Noura Al-Kaabi, UAE&#039;s minister of culture and youth, praised the joint effort, in partnership with UNESCO, towards rebuilding Mosul. (Supplied)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/iraq">Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/uae">UAE</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/un">UN</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/unesco">UNESCO</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/baghdad">Baghdad</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/irbil">Irbil</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/mosul">Mosul</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pope-francis">Pope Francis</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/human-fraternity">Human Fraternity</a></div></div></div> Fri, 04 Jun 2021 03:15:32 +0000 rbksa 1870246 at /node/1823221/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/francesco-bongarr%C3%A0">Francesco Bongarrà</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2021-03-10 15:32</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ROME: Pope Francis has urged Iraqis who fled their country to go back if they can.</p> <p> “Never before has a pope been in the land of Abraham. Providence willed that this should happen now, as a sign of hope, after years of war and terrorism, and during a severe pandemic,” he said during the first audience in the Vatican, attended by Arab News, after his historic visit to Iraq.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/10/2514216-694342216.jpg" width="1024" height="677" alt="" title="Iraqi President Barham Saleh and his wife Sarbagh bid farewell to Pope Francis as the pontiff departs Baghdad at the conclusion of his visit. (Iraqi Presidency/AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis">Pope Francis</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/iraq">Iraq</a></div></div></div> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:34:58 +0000 Arbee 1823221 at /node/1823106/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1615369889308099200</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2021-03-10 09:49</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis thanked the people of Iraq on Wednesday for allowing him to make his historic trip to the country, saying Iraqis deserve to live in peace.<br /> In his weekly audience, the 84-year-old pope reflected on the packed three-day program that saw him travel throughout Iraq last weekend, offering encouragement to persecuted Christians and extending a hand to Shiite Muslims.<br /> “After this visit, my soul is filled with gratitude – gratitude to God and to all those who made it possible,” he said, citing political and religious leaders.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/10/2513851-371249335.jpg" width="1024" height="652" alt="" title="Pope Francis reflected on the packed three-day program that saw him travel throughout Iraq last weekend, offering encouragement to persecuted Christians. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pope-francis">Pope Francis</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/iraq">Iraq</a></div></div></div> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:04:33 +0000 rbksa 1823106 at /node/1821931/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/francesco-bongarr%C3%A0">Francesco Bongarrà</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2021-03-08 14:29</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ROME: The visit that Pope Francis paid to Iraq “will leave a great impact on … our country,” said Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako, head of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Sako accompanied the pope throughout the March 5-8 visit, which went off without a hitch despite security worries and a second wave of coronavirus cases in the country.</p> <p> The 84-year-old pontiff covered more than 1,400 km inside Iraq, bringing encouragement to its diminished Christian community and extending a hand to Shiite Muslims by meeting top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/08/2510851-1897464739.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="Pope Francis is greeted by people on the podium at the square near the ruins of the al-Tahira-l-Kubra church, in Mosul on March 7, 2021. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div></div></div> Mon, 08 Mar 2021 11:37:39 +0000 shounaz.mekky 1821931 at /node/1821416/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/francesco-bongarr%C3%A0">Francesco Bongarrà</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2021-03-07 19:27</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ROME: Terrorism and death “will never have the last word,” Pope Francis said on Sunday at a church in the Iraqi town of Qaraqosh, where Christians lived before Daesh occupied it from 2014 to 2016, forcing thousands to flee.</p> <p> “Even amid the ravages of terrorism and war, we can see, with the eyes of faith, the triumph of life over death,” he added on the third day of his historic visit to Iraq.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2509161-1602220996.jpg" width="1000" height="676" alt="" title="Pope Francis accompanied by the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Najib Michaeel Moussa looks on at a square near the ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in the old city of Mosul. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2509166-2131703716.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" title="Pope Francis arrives to hold a mass at the Grand Immaculate Church, in Qaraqosh. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pope-francis">Pope Francis</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/iraq">Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/mosul">Mosul</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/qaraqosh">Qaraqosh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/erbil">Erbil</a></div></div></div> Sun, 07 Mar 2021 16:43:33 +0000 jonathan.lessware 1821416 at /node/1821151/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/121086">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2021-03-07 06:20</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DUBAI:  Pope Francis vowed Sunday to keep Iraq in his heart, as he concluded the largest mass and final public event of a historic trip meant to encourage the country's dwindling Christian community and deepen interfaith dialogue.</p> <p> The pontiff celebrated among thousands of smiling worshippers in a sports stadium in the Kurdistan region's capital Erbil, after visiting Christian survivors of Daesh’s reign of terror.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508801-1142366790.jpg" width="1000" height="673" alt="" title="Pope Francis stands up before holding a prayer at the Grand Immaculate Church in Qaraqosh, Iraq on March 7, 2021. (Reuters)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508751-250895077.jpg" width="1024" height="680" alt="" title="Pope Francis is greeted by people as he arrives at the Immaculate Conception Church in Qaraqosh. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508641-1894723496.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="Pope Francis faces the public at a square near the ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (Al-Tahira-l-Kubra) in Mosul on March 7, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508496-1260438550.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="Pope Francis speaks at the ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (Al-Tahira-l-Kubra) in Mosul on March 7, 2021." /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508441-463827006.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="" title="Iraqis gather in the ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (Al-Tahira-l-Kubra) in the northern city of Mosul ahead of the Pope Francis’ visit on March 7, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508371-1975049819.jpg" width="1024" height="666" alt="" title="Pope Francis greets Iraqis dressed in traditional outfits upon his arrival at Irbil airport on March 7, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508366-106498289.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="Iraqi women dressed in traditional outfits hold palm leaves as they welcome Pope Francis upon his arrival at Irbil airport on March 7, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508296-1440439622.jpg" width="1024" height="660" alt="" title="Pope Francis is greeted by children up on his arrival at Baghdad’s Saint Joseph Cathedral on the second day of the first papal visit to Iraq on March 6, 2021." /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508291-1701869192.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="Worshippers sit in the courtyard outside Baghdad’s Saint Joseph Cathedral ahead of a mass attended by Pope Francis on March 6, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508281-1171229380.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="Pope Francis stands with of Iraqi religious figures during an interfaith service at the House of Abraham in the ancient city of Ur on March 6, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508251-1251195993.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani meets with Pope Francis at his home in Najaf, Iraq on March 6, 2021. (Ayatollah Sistani’s Media Office/AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508991-1030171217.jpg" width="1500" height="998" alt="" title="Pope Francis holds a mass at Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Iraq, March 7, 2021. (Reuters)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2509006-465315105.jpg" width="1500" height="970" alt="" title="Pope Francis walks with an incense censer as he leads mass at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Arbil, on March 7, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2509021-1948790071.jpg" width="1500" height="1994" alt="" title="Pope Francis blesses a statue of the Virgin Mary that was vandalized by Daesh in Karemlash as he celebrates mass in Irbil. (AP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2509066-1641236039.jpg" width="1500" height="993" alt="" title="Chanters sing religious hymns during mass at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Arbil, on March 7, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2509071-1965310887.jpg" width="1500" height="1000" alt="" title="Pope Francis leads a mass at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Iraq March 7, 2021. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pope-francis">Pope Francis</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/iraq">Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/irbil">Irbil</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase update"> Update </span> Sun, 07 Mar 2021 03:32:59 +0000 Arbee 1821151 at /node/1821146/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Catherine Marciano and Sarah Benhaida | AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1615087729032222600</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2021-03-07 06:25</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> BAGHDAD: Pope Francis, on his historic Iraq tour, visits on Sunday Christian communities that endured the brutality of the Daesh group until the militants’ “caliphate” was defeated three years ago.<br /> The 84-year-old, traveling under tight security, will lead a prayer “for the victims of the war” in Mosul, an ancient crossroads whose center was reduced to rubble by fierce fighting to oust the Daesh, or also known as ISIL.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/07/2508261-1885635601.jpg" width="1057" height="753" alt="" title="Pope Francis leaves after leading mass at Baghdad&#039;s Saint Joseph Cathedral on the second day of the first papal visit to Iraq on March 6, 2021. (AFP / Ayman HENNA)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pope-francis">Pope Francis</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/mosul">Mosul</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/daesh-0">Daesh</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/islamic-state">Islamic State</a></div></div></div> Sun, 07 Mar 2021 03:31:57 +0000 rbksa 1821146 at /node/1821051/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/kareem-botane">Kareem Botane</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/rbitem-author/meethak-al-khatib-and-robert-edwards">Meethak Al-Khatib and Robert Edwards</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2021-03-06 23:26</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> IRBIL / MEXICO CITY: On a recent morning, as Sahar Ayoub gently turned the pages of her Bible, she contemplated the trauma that her family experienced when Daesh militants seized the northern town of Qaraqosh in the Nineveh governorate almost seven years ago.</p> <p> She and her husband Ameer Bahnam were forced to flee with their three children when the extremist group launched its campaign of extermination against Iraq’s ethno-religious minorities in 2014.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/06/2507961-1499746083.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="Nashwan Hanna gives a sermon at Mar Elia Chaldean Catholic Church in the Christian-majority neighborhood of Ankawa, Erbil. (Kareem Botane)" title="Nashwan Hanna gives a sermon at Mar Elia Chaldean Catholic Church in the Christian-majority neighborhood of Ankawa, Irbil. (Kareem Botane)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/middle-east">Middle East</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/iraq">Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pope-francis">Pope Francis</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/kurdistan">Kurdistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/editor%E2%80%99s-choice">Editor’s Choice</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:31:22 +0000 daniel.fountain 1821051 at /node/1821001/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/mahamad-ameen-abdul-al-jawad">Mahamad Ameen Abdul Al-Jawad</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/rbitem-author/meethak-al-khatib">Meethak Al-Khatib</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/robert-edwards">Robert Edwards</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2021-03-06 20:32</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> QARAQOSH / IRBIL / MEXICO CITY: On a recent afternoon, Salah Hadi applied a coat of cement on a large ceramic tile and carefully pressed it into place. The 51-year-old’s home in the northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh is still blackened with soot after Daesh militants set it ablaze in 2014. But with long ancestral ties to the town, Hadi is determined to repair the damage.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/06/2507791-1877383817.jpg" width="1000" height="670" alt="Iraqi Christians of Qaraqosh attend the first Palm Sunday service at the heavily damaged Church of the Immaculate Conception on April 9, 2017, since Iraqi forces recaptured it from Daesh. (AFP/File Photo)" title="Iraqi Christians of Qaraqosh attend the first Palm Sunday service at the heavily damaged Church of the Immaculate Conception on April 9, 2017, since Iraqi forces recaptured it from Daesh. (AFP/File Photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis">Pope Francis</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/iraq">Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/editor%E2%80%99s-choice">Editor’s Choice</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 06 Mar 2021 17:44:19 +0000 daniel.fountain 1821001 at /node/1820811/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/francesco-bongarr%C3%A0">Francesco Bongarrà</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Qassim Al-Kaabi with Catherine Marciano in Baghdad | AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1615019539374904800</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2021-03-06 08:16</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ROME: Christians in Iraq should live in “peace and security,” Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, one of Shiite Islam’s top clerics, told Pope Francis in a historic meeting on the second day of the first-ever papal visit to the country.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/06/2507306-1466225640.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="Shiite cleric, Ali Al-Sistani, met the Pope at his home in Najaf, the seat of the Iraqi Shiite clergy, on the second day of the pontiff’s historic tour of Iraq. (Office of Shiite cleric, Ali Al-Sistani)" title="Shiite cleric, Ali Al-Sistani, met the Pope at his home in Najaf, the seat of the Iraqi Shiite clergy, on the second day of the pontiff’s historic tour of Iraq. (Office of Shiite cleric, Ali Al-Sistani)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/grand-ayatollah-ali-al-sistani">Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis">Pope Francis</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/islam">Islam</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/iraq">Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/christianity">Christianity</a></div></div></div> Sat, 06 Mar 2021 08:35:16 +0000 rbksa 1820811 at /node/1820746/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/121086">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2021-03-06 09:12</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DUBAI: Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence on Saturday in a historic first meeting between the leaders of Roman Catholicism and Shiite Islam.</p> <p> The Shiite cleric, Ali Al-Sistani, met the Pope at his home in Najaf, the seat of the Iraqi Shiite clergy, on the second day of the pontiff’s historic tour of Iraq.</p> <p> Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday and made a speech in which he called for an end to extremism, violence and corruption.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/06/2507191-338299413.jpg" width="1280" height="853" alt="" title="Shiite cleric, Ali Al-Sistani, met the Pope at his home in Najaf, the seat of the Iraqi Shiite clergy, on the second day of the pontiff’s historic tour of Iraq. (Office of Shiite cleric, Ali Al-Sistani)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/06/2507046-1793595383.jpg" width="1024" height="697" alt="" title="Pope Francis arrives to meet Iraq top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani in the holy shrine city of Najaf on March 6, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/06/2507226-2016411715.jpg" width="1024" height="687" alt="" title="Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Perolin, third left, arrives with a delegation to the House of Abraham in the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq ahead of Pope Francis’s visit on March 6, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/06/2507021-1843584206.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="Pope Francis called for an end to extremism, violence and corruption as the pontiff’s historic visit to Iraq got underway on Friday. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/06/2507006-1158969172.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="Pope Francis signs the guest book at the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation in Baghdad on March 5, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/06/2507001-2046376877.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="Pope Francis delivers a sermon at the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation Baghdad at the start of the first ever papal visit to Iraq on March 5, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/06/2507011-510596191.jpg" width="1024" height="629" alt="" title="Musicians play traditional instruments as Iraqi President Barham Salih welcomes Pope Francis at the presidential palace in Baghdad’s Green Zone on March 5, 2021. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/06/2507016-1097847436.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi receives Pope Francis upon his arrival in Baghdad. (Iraqi prime minister’s office Facebook page via AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pope-francis">Pope Francis</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/iraq">Iraq</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase update"> Update </span> Sat, 06 Mar 2021 06:30:16 +0000 Arbee 1820746 at /node/1820521/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/212101">NAJIA HOUSSARI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2021-03-05 22:57</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun welcomed the pope’s arrival in Iraq on Friday, saying he hoped it would be a “push toward establishing the genuine peace” that people in the region needed.</p> <p> Pope Francis is in Iraq from March 5-8. It is the first time a pope has visited the country, and the trip is one of the most complicated the Vatican has had to organize because of security concerns and the pandemic.</p> <p> People in Lebanon followed the pope’s arrival on local TV, and Lebanese journalists flew to Iraq to cover the event.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2506426-2011200208.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Lebanese president Michel Aoun. (AP file photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 05 Mar 2021 20:06:25 +0000 malawi 1820521 at /node/1820471/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/francesco-bongarr%C3%A0">Francesco Bongarrà</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Zaynab Khojji</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1614967392419388200</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2021-03-05 21:05</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ROME/BAGHDAD: Pope Francis on Friday called for an end to extremism, violence and corruption as his historic visit to Iraq got underway.<br /> He began the first-ever papal trip to the country by meeting government officials in Baghdad, before traveling to a church where Christians were massacred by militants in 2010.<br /> He was greeted at Baghdad’s International Airport by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and treated to a display of traditional dancing.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2506386-98215100.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/iraq">Iraq</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:17:00 +0000 rbksa 1820471 at /node/1820291/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/121086">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2021-03-05 11:49</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DUBAI: Pope Francis called for an end to extremism and violence in his opening address Friday on the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, long scarred by war and now gripped by coronavirus.</p> <p> The 84-year-old pontiff, who said he was making the first-ever papal visit to Iraq as a ‘<a href="/node/1819711/middle-east">pilgrim of peace</a>,’ will also reach out to Shiite Muslims when he meets Iraq’s top cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2505896-535648856.jpeg" width="1280" height="854" alt="" title="Pope Francis greeted by Iraq prime minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi are greeted by traditional dancing shortly after the pontiff&#039;s arrival in Iraq. (@IraqiPMO)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2505901-120107439.jpeg" width="1280" height="853" alt="Pope Francis and the Iraqi prime minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi are greeted by traditional dancing shortly after the pontiff&#039;s arrival in Iraq. (@IraqiPMO)" title="Pope Francis and the Iraqi prime minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi are greeted by traditional dancing shortly after the pontiff&#039;s arrival in Iraq. (@IraqiPMO)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2505921-994199031.jpg" width="1000" height="691" alt="Pope Francis during an official welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad, where he met with President Salih. (AFP)" title="Pope Francis during an official welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad, where he met with President Salih. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2505771-213754116.png" width="1122" height="580" alt="Pope Francis is in Iraq on Friday for the start of a historic trip to the war-battered country, defying security fears and the coronavirus pandemic. (Screenshot)" title="Pope Francis is in Iraq on Friday for the start of a historic trip to the war-battered country, defying security fears and the coronavirus pandemic. (Screenshot)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2505766-1647175364.png" width="1172" height="588" alt="Pope Francis is in Iraq on Friday for the start of a historic trip to the war-battered country, defying security fears and the coronavirus pandemic. (Screenshot)" title="Pope Francis is in Iraq on Friday for the start of a historic trip to the war-battered country, defying security fears and the coronavirus pandemic. (Screenshot)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2505711-353310213.jpg" width="1000" height="563" alt="Pope Francis is in Iraq on Friday for the start of a historic trip to the war-battered country, defying security fears and the coronavirus pandemic. (Screenshot)" title="Pope Francis is in Iraq on Friday for the start of a historic trip to the war-battered country, defying security fears and the coronavirus pandemic. (Screenshot)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2505696-2092788402.png" width="782" height="368" alt="Pope Francis is in Iraq on Friday for the start of a historic trip to the war-battered country, defying security fears and the coronavirus pandemic. (Screenshot)" title="Pope Francis is in Iraq on Friday for the start of a historic trip to the war-battered country, defying security fears and the coronavirus pandemic. (Screenshot)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2505506-856107163.jpg" width="1024" height="696" alt="" title="Heavy security has been implemented in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad for Pope Francis’s first visit to the country. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2505521-871453745.jpg" width="1000" height="666" alt="" title="Christian families gather outside St. George Chaldean Church as they wait for the arrival of Pope Francis in Baghdad on March 5, 2021. (Reuters)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2505526-326475934.jpg" width="1000" height="666" alt="" title="Iraqi Christians gather at the Church of the Virgin Mary before going to the airport to welcome Pope Francis in Baghdad on Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2505531-149841769.jpg" width="1000" height="666" alt="" title="Iraqi Christians prepare posters welcoming Pope Francis to St. Joseph’s Chaldean Church in Baghdad on March 2, 2021. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis-iraq">Pope Francis in Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pope">pope</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pope-francis">Pope Francis</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/iraq">Iraq</a></div></div></div> Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:49:28 +0000 Arbee 1820291 at /node/1820246/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1614927576146466800</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2021-03-05 06:53</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ROME: Pope Francis left Rome on Friday for a historic trip to Iraq, his first abroad since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to an AFP reporter aboard his plane.</p> <p> The 84-year-old, who said he was making the first-ever papal visit to Iraq as a “pilgrim of peace,” will also reach out to Shiite Muslims when he meets Iraq’s top cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani.</p> <p> Shortly before leaving for the airport Pope Francis met 12 Iraqi refugees from the Community of Sant'Egidio and Auxilium Cooperative, two Catholic NGOs for 15 minutes.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/05/2505371-810651731.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="Pope Francis waves as he boards a plane to depart to Iraq on March 5, 2021 at Rome’s Fiumicino airport. 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