Articles for Green Zone

Barkley scores 3 TDs as Eagles beat Packers 34-29 in Brazil. Packers’ Love injured in final minute
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Barkley scores 3 TDs as Eagles beat Packers 34-29 in Brazil. Packers’ Love injured in final minute

Associated Press  

SAO PAULO — Saquon Barkley has been practicing the art of positive thinking since switching teams for the first time in his career. Barkley scored three touchdowns Friday night in the first NFL game in South America and led the Eagles to a 34-29 victory over the Green Bay Packers, who lost quarterback Jordan Love to an injury in the …

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Controversial wind farm stretching along NSW's scenic south coast given green light by Albanese government
6 months, 1 week ago

Controversial wind farm stretching along NSW's scenic south coast given green light by Albanese government

Daily Mail  

A huge, controversial offshore wind farm stretching along some of Australia's most scenic coastline has been given the green light by the Albanese government. Pictured is an artist impression supplied by the Federal Government of how the wind farm will look from Mount Keira Federal Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen announced the creation of the zone in Wollongong, 93kilometres south …

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NGT seeks report from Uttar Pradesh government on floodplain zone demarcation of Ganga's tributaries in Varanasi
9 months, 3 weeks ago

NGT seeks report from Uttar Pradesh government on floodplain zone demarcation of Ganga's tributaries in Varanasi

The Hindu  

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to submit a report disclosing the steps taken for demarcation of floodplain zones of the Varuna and the Assi, the Ganga's tributaries in Varanasi district. A Bench of National Green Tribunal Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava noted a report by the Varanasi Municipal Corporation, according to which 15 nullahs were discharging …

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Shandong ramps up green efforts with plan for low-carbon pilot zone
1 year, 3 months ago

Shandong ramps up green efforts with plan for low-carbon pilot zone

China Daily  

Visitors check a model of a clean energy project during the Green, Low-carbon and High-quality Development Conference in Yantai, Shandong province, on Aug 28. At an industrial park in Yantai, Shandong province, a truck is filled with liquid carbon dioxide on Aug 28 and heads for Weihai, neighboring Yantai. Built by Moon Environment Technology Co Ltd, two cylinder-shaped containers hold …

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Iraq: Angry protesters attempt to storm Baghdad's Green Zone after burning of Quran, Iraqi flag in Denmark
1 year, 5 months ago

Iraq: Angry protesters attempt to storm Baghdad's Green Zone after burning of Quran, Iraqi flag in Denmark

India TV News  

Quran row: In an escalation of tensions surrounding the desecration of Quran, hundreds of protesters tried to storm the heavily fortified Green Zone in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Saturday, after yet another instance of burning of the Quran and that of an Iraqi flag in front of the country's embassy in Denmark's Copenhagen. The protesters stormed the Green Zone and …

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Kurd Abdul Latif Rashid Named Iraq President, Shia al-Sudani Appointed PM-Designate
2 years, 2 months ago

Kurd Abdul Latif Rashid Named Iraq President, Shia al-Sudani Appointed PM-Designate

News 18  

Despite a rocket attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone, Iraqi lawmakers Thursday elected a new president who swiftly named a prime minister in hopes of ending a year of political gridlock and violence in the war-scarred nation. Abdul Latif Rashid, a 78-year-old Iraqi Kurd, was elected as head of state, replacing Barham Saleh, by the assembly in the capital’s heavily fortified …

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Rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone as Iraq parliament meets
2 years, 2 months ago

Rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone as Iraq parliament meets

Al Jazeera  

Parliament convenes for vote to elect a new president after several rockets land in and around the fortified area. Nine rockets landed on Thursday near the Iraqi capital’s Green Zone, home to government buildings and foreign missions, according to a military statement, as a controversial parliament session was about to begin to elect the country’s new president. Abdelwahed said preliminary …

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Iraqi parliament elects Abdul Latif Rashid as new president
2 years, 2 months ago

Iraqi parliament elects Abdul Latif Rashid as new president

Al Jazeera  

Election breaks months-long political deadlock and came hours after rockets struck areas near Baghdad’s Green Zone. Lawmakers in Iraq have elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as the country’s new president, paving the way for the formation of a new government and ending a year of deadlock, even as rockets landed near the parliament building. Reporting from Baghdad, Al Jazeera’s …

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Sadr supporters still demand change in Iraq after deadly violence
2 years, 3 months ago

Sadr supporters still demand change in Iraq after deadly violence

Al Jazeera  

Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr spoke to Al Jazeera, and emphasised their continued support for the religious leader. A day after the Iraqi Shia religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr told his supporters to leave their protest sites in Baghdad’s Green Zone, calm has returned to the Iraqi capital. We are demanding the wholesale radical change of the corrupt politicians, and replace it …

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Heavy gunfire rocks Iraq's Green Zone amid violent protests, death toll rises to 22
2 years, 3 months ago

Heavy gunfire rocks Iraq's Green Zone amid violent protests, death toll rises to 22

Firstpost  

The sudden resignation of the influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has catapulted Iraq into violence and chaos with no clear path out Baghdad: Supporters of a prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric fired rocket-propelled grenades into Iraq’s Green Zone as machine gun fire crackled overhead Tuesday, deepening the political chaos gripping the Mideast nation. Those backing influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fired into the …

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Explained | Iraq's violent clashes and the political unstability
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained | Iraq's violent clashes and the political unstability

India TV News  

Iraq clashes explained: At least 30 people were killed and 400 were injured in Iraq's capital Baghdad in clashes between Shia militias and Iraqi security forces after Muqtada al-Sadr said he was withdrawing from politics. Image Source : APFollowers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather during an open-air Friday prayers at Grand Festivities Square within the Green Zone, in Baghdad …

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Timeline: What led to the fighting in Iraq’s capital Baghdad
2 years, 3 months ago

Timeline: What led to the fighting in Iraq’s capital Baghdad

Al Jazeera  

Latest violence started and ended after comments from Shia religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr, an influential voice in Iraq for 20 years. February 2020 to July 2021 Significant protests continued across Iraq, with al-Sadr’s supporters at times clashing with other protesters, notably in the holy city of Najaf in February 2020. June 16, 2022 Al-Sadr announced that he would “not participate …

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Supporters of Iraq’s al-Sadr leave Green Zone after violence
2 years, 3 months ago

Supporters of Iraq’s al-Sadr leave Green Zone after violence

Al Jazeera  

Protesters respond to call by Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr to leave Green Zone after clashes leave 30 people dead. Iraqi supporters of powerful Shia leader Moqtada Sadr have withdrawn from Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone after after deadly violence overnight rocked the Iraqi capital. The latest violence also prompted Iraq’s President Barham Saleh to push for “new, early elections in accordance …

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Tensions soar as rival protests take place near Iraqi parliament
2 years, 4 months ago

Tensions soar as rival protests take place near Iraqi parliament

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of al-Sadr supporters resume their sit-in inside parliament in Baghdad’s Green Zone as counter-demonstrations take place nearby. The Iraqi parliament sits in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone – also home to government buildings and embassies – which al-Sadr supporters stormed with ease twice last week as security forces stood back. Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari, reporting from inside the Green Zone, …

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Baghdad: More than 100 injured in clashes as demonstrators storm Iraq’s parliament
2 years, 4 months ago

Baghdad: More than 100 injured in clashes as demonstrators storm Iraq’s parliament

CNN  

Baghdad, Iraq CNN — More than 100 people have been injured in clashes in Baghdad on Saturday after protesters rallying against the nomination of a new prime minister managed to breach the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone for the second time this week. Outgoing Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi urged the protesters to be “calm, patient, and rational,” in a …

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Hundreds of Iraqi protesters storm parliament against PM nominee
2 years, 4 months ago

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters storm parliament against PM nominee

India Today  

Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday stormed parliament after penetrating the capital's high-security government Green Zone, protesting against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi called on the protesters to "immediately withdraw" from the heavily fortified Green Zone, which is home to both government buildings and diplomatic missions. Iraq was plunged deeper into …

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Iraqi protesters storm the parliament in Baghdad’s Green Zone
2 years, 4 months ago

Iraqi protesters storm the parliament in Baghdad’s Green Zone

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of the demonstrators, mostly supporters of Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, break into the heavily fortified Green Zone in protest at a rival bloc’s nomination for prime minister. Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators, most of them followers of the Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, have stormed the parliament building in Baghdad to protest against the nomination for prime minister by …

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Iraqi protesters break into parliament denouncing the nomination of new premier
2 years, 4 months ago

Iraqi protesters break into parliament denouncing the nomination of new premier

CNN  

Baghdad, Iraq CNN — Hundreds of angry protesters loyal to the powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr broke into Baghdad’s heavily protected Green Zone on Wednesday, denouncing the nomination of a new prime minister. Iraq has struggled to form a new government since parliamentary elections in October; Sadr’s own attempts to form a government have previously foundered amid opposition from rival blocs. …

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Two civilians wounded in rocket attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone
2 years, 11 months ago

Two civilians wounded in rocket attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone

Al Jazeera  

Two civilians wounded as rocket strikes residential complex near US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. At least four rockets targeted the United States Embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, wounding two civilians, according to two Iraqi security officials. In a statement, the US Embassy in Baghdad said its compound had been attacked by “terrorist groups attempting to undermine …

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Iraq’s top court rejects appeal contesting election results
2 years, 11 months ago

Iraq’s top court rejects appeal contesting election results

Associated Press  

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s top court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by Iran-backed factions contesting the results of country’s parliamentary elections held in October. Final results announced by Iraq’s electoral commission had confirmed Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr secured 73 out of Parliament’s 329 seats. The results also confirmed that the faction known as the Fatah Alliance, which represents the Shiite …

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Baghdad's Green Zone targeted by two rockets, C-RAM defense system activated, says Iraqi army
3 years ago

Baghdad's Green Zone targeted by two rockets, C-RAM defense system activated, says Iraqi army

Firstpost  

There were no immediate reports of casualties and no group has yet taken responsibility for the rocket attack Baghdad: Two rockets were fired towards the Green Zone in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, media reported in the early hours of Sunday. The Jerusalem Post said citing Iraq’s Security Media Cell that the US-installed C-RAM defense system was activated to intercept the rockets …

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Rockets fired at Baghdad’s Green Zone: Iraqi military
3 years ago

Rockets fired at Baghdad’s Green Zone: Iraqi military

Al Jazeera  

One rocket destroyed by air defence sysem and another landed near a national monument, damaging two cars, Iraq’s military says. Two Katyusha rockets have struck Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses several Western embassies, the Iraqi military has said. The Green Zone hosts foreign embassies, including the US embassy, and government buildings and is regularly the target of rockets …

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Iraq PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi unhurt after drone attack on his residence, calls for 'calm and restraint'
3 years, 1 month ago

Iraq PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi unhurt after drone attack on his residence, calls for 'calm and restraint'

Firstpost  

“I’m doing fine, praise be to God, and I call for calm and restraint on the part of everyone for the good of Iraq,” Kadhemi wrote on Twitter, after what his office called a “failed assassination attempt”. Baghdad: Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi said he was unhurt and appealed for “calm and restraint” after a drone attack on his residence …

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Kabul's former 'Green Zone' falls silent as diplomats flee Afghan capital
3 years, 4 months ago

Kabul's former 'Green Zone' falls silent as diplomats flee Afghan capital

India Today  

Kabul's former diplomatic quarter fell silent on Monday as foreign missions were moved to the airport, leaving Taliban patrols in control of the fortified zone of concrete blast walls and checkpoints known as the Green Zone. "It is strange to sit here and see empty streets, no more busy diplomatic convoys, big cars with guns mounted," said Gul Mohammed Hakim, …

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