Tens of thousands of followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr prayed on Friday at an iconic Baghdad military parade ground built by the late President Saddam Hussein, ... Iraq August 5, 2022.

The parade began at 11:00 GMT and poppy wreaths were laid at Cheltenham War Memorial on the Promenade. Military veterans attended the event, as did Richard Coombs the rector of Cheltenham.

Some liken it to the military chest-pounding commonly seen in North Korea, a step toward authoritarianism or a perverse birthday party for Trump. Others see it as a once-in-a-lifetime accounting ...

An Iraqi military parade celebrating final victory over Islamic State is underway in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, an Iraqi military spokesman told Reuters on Sunday.