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Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; ... UTC+03:00 time zone (blue) Time in Iraq is given by Arabia Standard Time (AST) .
The name Baghdad is pre-Islamic, and its origin is disputed. [9] The site where the city of Baghdad developed has been populated for millennia. Archaeological evidence shows that the site of Baghdad was occupied by various peoples long before the Arab conquest of Mesopotamia in 637 CE, and several ancient empires had capitals located in the surrounding area.
The military time zones are a standardized, uniform set of time zones for expressing time across different regions of the world, named after the NATO phonetic alphabet. The Zulu time zone (Z) is equivalent to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and is often referred to as the military time zone.
At 15:30 local time on 29 August, a curfew was declared in Baghdad. The same day, Sadr announced he would go on a hunger strike until the violence stopped. As night fell, fighting worsened in the city with militia fighters firing several rockets into the Green Zone.
Mahmoudiyah 40 km south of Baghdad—Known as the “Gateway to Baghdad,” Lutifiyah area of southwest Baghdad; Mashada, 25 miles north of Baghdad [9] [10] Risafi—in northwestern Baghdad [11] Taji, Iraq (Arabic: تاجي) is an area approximately 20 miles north of Baghdad, and the site of a large U.S.-controlled military base.
Later in the evening several explosions rocked Baghdad once more. Local journalists reported at least 4 more blasts happening around 10 o'clock local time. [8] The official death toll was raised to 72 after these further bombings, which included attacks in the Al-Shurtta and Al-Jihad districts in southwestern Baghdad. [2]
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The Baghdad Clock is a public building located in the Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq. Prior to 2003 the building was employed as a museum and featured a large clock tower. However, the building was heavily damaged during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It was reconstructed later and is now the seat of the Supreme Court of Iraq