Travelling through the Middle East over the course of five months to film a new series and write a book I often found myself in these otherworldly encounters. In Iraq, I sipped tea with Abu Tahsin – a ...

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Car bombs and militant attacks are no longer a daily concern in the streets of Baghdad as they were in the chaotic years ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs and militant attacks are no longer a daily concern in the streets of Baghdad as they were in the chaotic years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, or at the height of the ...