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Media restrictions make it difficult for Iranians to voice their opinion about the country’s current political turmoil. But the BBC’s Gabriel Gatehouse travelled to the Iran-Iraq border, where he found some Iranians who were surprisingly outspoken. Listen
On patrol in Baghdad’s Sadr City neighborhood; author Tom Ricks on US troops pulling out of Iraqi cities; and Karim Sadjadpour on the challenge posed by Iran.
Today on The World: American forces withdraw from Baghdad as Iraqi forces officially take control, a conversation about prospects for peace between Syria and Israel — one expert says the issues that divide them are not insurmountable, and why life as a musician is a little less of a struggle in France. Listen
There were celebrations throughout Baghdad and other Iraqi cities today as American forces officially handed over control to Iraqi security forces — six years after the U-S led invasion. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out what’s happening from Sahar Issa, the Iraqi correspondent for McClatchy newspapers.
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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with journalist and author Tom Ricks about the handover of Baghdad from the Americans to the Iraqi security forces. Ricks covered the Iraq war for the Washington Post and is author of The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008.
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US Army medic Benjamin Corbett recorded this thoughts on one of his final patrols of Baghdad this week.
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Iraq’s oil ministry held a televised auction today for rights to develop some of the country’s most valuable energy reserves. It’s the first time such contracts have been up for bid in Iraq since the 1970′s. But as The World’s Katy Clark tells us, some oil companies weren’t willing to accept Iraq’s terms.
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Two Iraqi poets reflect on a time when Baghdad wasn’t the center of an American war, but a center of learning and culture.
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As U.S. forces pull back from Iraqi cities we revisit the British experience in Iraq in the first half of the 20th century. This isn’t the first time outside forces have had to disentangle from Iraq or worry about its future stability. Listen
Patrick Cox and Carol Hills select the top five language-related
stories from June. Among them: Google translation gets to work on the streets of Teheran; Microsoft’s choice of Bing as the name for its search engine to rival Google may not go down well in China; a music festival in Quebec runs afoul of language sensitivies; and a drug ring in Pennsylvannia uses Iraqi Arabic dialects in its communications.Listen
Six days before US combat troops are scheduled to withdraw from Iraqi urban areas, another deadly explosion hits Baghdad. More than 55 are reported killed. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Jim Muir. Listen
