Police in Iraq have arrested a man selling watches in central Baghdad with images of the country’s former dictator Saddam Hussein on their faces. Since the fall of Hussein, promotion of the former leader, the regime or the Ba’ath party is prohibited. Baghdad police department said in a statement that they acted after they had […]
Baghdad
In an Iraqi village, a little girl hides skin disease from neighbours
Four-year-old Iraqi girl Haura should be enjoying her childhood — games in the street, tearing in and out of friends’ homes and small squabbles over toys. Instead, a rare congenital skin condition covering much of her upper body in black marks and hair has made her the object of ridicule in her village, about 200 […]