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Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد ,بغداد Kurdish: Bexda, Iraqi pronunciation: [bɐʁˈd̪ɑːd̪]) is the capital of the Republic of Iraq. The population of Baghdad, as of 2011, is approximately 7,216,040, making it the largest city in Iraq, the second largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo, Egypt), and the second largest city in Western Asia (after Tehran, Iran). According to the government, the population of the country has reached 35 million, with 9 million in the capital.
Located along the Tigris River, the city was founded in the 8th century and became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Within a short time of its inception, Baghdad evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center for the Islamic world. This, in addition to housing several key academic institutions (e.g. House of Wisdom), garnered the city a worldwide reputation as the "Center of Learning".
Throughout the High Middle Ages, Baghdad was considered to be the largest city in the world with an estimated population of 1,200,000 people. The city was largely destroyed at the hands of the Mongol Empire in 1258, resulting in a decline that would linger through many centuries due to frequent plagues and multiple successive empires. With the recognition of Iraq as an independent state (formerly the British Mandate of Mesopotamia) in 1938, Baghdad gradually regained some of its former prominence as a significant center of Arab culture.
More DW News on: http://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097?redirect=0 A car bomb in a busy district of the Iraqi capital killed and wounded dozens of people celebrating Ramadan. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility. IS has been losing ground in some strongholds in Iraq.
The number of people killed in Sunday's suicide bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has risen to 165, interior ministry officials say. The government has declared three days of mourning after the huge blast, which injured 225 others. A lorry packed with explosives was detonated in the Karrada district while families were shopping for the holiday marking the end of Ramadan. It is believed to be the deadliest single bomb attack in Iraq since 2007. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Islamic State's 'Most Wanted' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBX5GE4jXnF9bvF4C801cul3 World In Pictures https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBX37n4R0UGJN-TLiQOm7ZTP Big Hitters https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBUME-LUrFkDwFmiEc3jwMXP Just Good News htt...
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More DW News: http://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097 The government in Iraq is promising to step up security after the country's worst terror attack in years. At least 150 people were killed when a truck bomb exploded in a busy shopping district. Some sources put the death toll at more than 200.
Subscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews A network of safe houses, precisely designed plans, and a strategy for an attack on Baghdad were carefully prepared by Isis long before their assault in Iraq, BBC Newsnight has been told. Subscribe http://www.youtube.com/user/bbcnews Check out our website: http://www.bbc.com/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bbcnews Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bbcworld Instagram: http://instagram.com/bbcnews
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Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1BycsJW A rare and surprising look at the everyday lives of ordinary young Iraqis. Against the backdrop of war, life goes on. Families are still attending carnivals and eating ice cream, young boys are diving into canals, teenagers are dancing in the streets. Most videos from Iraq don't make you smile. This one will. نظرة نادرة ومدهشة للحياة اليومية للشباب العراقيين العاديين. مع خلفية الحرب الحياة مستمرة والأُسر لا تزال تحضر كرنفالات وتتناول البوظة ، والأولاد الصغار يغوصون في القنوات والمراهقين يرقصون في الشوارع. معظم الفيديوهات من العراق لا تجعلك تبتسم ولكن بعد مشاهدة هذا الفديو سوف تفعل ذلك. YouTube: http://bit.ly/1BycsJW Twitter: https://twitter.com/frontlinepbs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frontline Google+: https://plus.google.com/+frontline/posts ...
VICE founder Suroosh Alvi returns to Baghdad ten years after the US invasion. Hosted by VICE Founder Suroosh Alvi Follow @SurooshAlvi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/surooshalvi Watch "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" here: http://www.vice.com/vice-music-specials/heavy-metal-in-baghdad-feature Click here for the Best of VICE: http://bit.ly/VICE-Best-Of Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Read our tumblr: http://vicemag.tumblr.com
The Latest on the conflict in the Iraq and the battle to retake the IS-held city of Mosul; Iraqi police say a parked car bomb has exploded in Baghdad's northwestern neighborhood of Hurriyah, killing at least 10 and wounding 34. As reported on ABC, AP, Reuters, Dailymail, Global News, etc. "The bombing, which hit a popular fruit and vegetable market in a commercial street of the predominantly Shiite neighborhood, was the fifth such explosion in the capital on Sunday." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3888776/In-dawn-assault-Iraqi-special-forces-near-Mosul-east.html http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-erdogan-warns-shiite-militias-tel-afar-43170962 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/576dc45e5bf947c19ad7f35eb425c01b/iraqi-officials-say-parked-car-bomb-blast-kills-...
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