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Active. Al-Rasheed Street or Al-Rashid Street ( Arabic: شارع الرشيد, romanized : Shari' al-Rashīd) is one of the main streets in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. Named after Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid, it is one of the most significant landmarks of the city due to its political, spiritual, urban, cultural, and artistic history.
Google Earth. Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering ...
Media coverage of the Gulf War. The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991) and commonly referred to as the Gulf War, was a war waged by a United Nations -authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's ...
The Battle of Baghdad, also known as the Fall of Baghdad, was a military engagement that took place in Baghdad in early April 2003, as part of the invasion of Iraq . Three weeks into the invasion of Iraq, Coalition Forces Land Component Command elements, led by the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division, captured Baghdad.
Palestine Street or Falastin Street (Arabic: شارع فلسطين) is a street located in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. It runs parallel and to the west of Army Canal between Mustanssiriya square, through Beirut square to Maysalon square, in the neighborhoods of Mustansiriya, Nile, al-Muthanna to the west and 14 July, al-Idrisi, the al-Shaheed ...
Not to be confused with Bagdad Airport. Baghdad International Airport ( IATA: BGW, ICAO: ORBI ), previously Saddam International Airport from 1982 to 2003, ( IATA: SDA, ICAO: ORBS) ( Arabic: مطار بغداد الدولي, romanized :Maṭār Baġdād ad-Dawaliyy) is Iraq 's largest international airport, located in a suburb about 16 km (9.9 ...
Baghdad Television ( Ba'athist Iraq Era) (1956–2003) Al Iraqiya ( Arabic: العراقيّة, al-ʿIrāqiyyä) is a satellite and terrestrial public broadcaster and television network in Iraq that was set up after the fall of Saddam Hussein. It is an Arabic language network that serves upwards of 85% of Iraq's population, and is viewed by a ...
The geography of Iraq is diverse and falls into five main regions: the desert (west of the Euphrates ), Upper Mesopotamia (between the upper Tigris and Euphrates rivers), the northern highlands of Iraq, Lower Mesopotamia, and the alluvial plain extending from around Tikrit to the Persian Gulf . The mountains in the northeast are an extension of ...