http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Tigris_RiverFind stories, videos, and photos about Tigris River from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:33:35 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/tztop.new.embassy.jpghttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Tigris_River14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Tigris River from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextJust days after the U.S. military formally handed authority of Baghdad's "Green Zone" over to the Iraqis, the new American Embassy opened in Baghdad.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.helicopter.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.helicopter.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters collided Saturday night while landing in northern Baghdad, killing one Iraqi soldier, a U.S. military spokesman said.Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/03/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/03/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. forces killed at least six Iraqi security troops after Iraqi personnel mistakenly fired on an American patrol boat north of Baghdad on Wednesday, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:41:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817988,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817988,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIn the Iraqi capital, residents agree that there has been progress. But most worry that it's just a momentary blipWed, 25 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Pentagon's upcoming report to Congress on the Iraq war is expected to highlight a decline in violence in 2008, according to two Pentagon officials with knowledge of the report's contents.Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:28:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816043,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816043,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIraqi troops fanned out across the Shi'ite militia stronghold of Amarah Thursday and gunmen tossed their weapons onto the streets or into canals as the government officially launched a military crackdown on the areaThu, 19 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextFighting flared overnight in two key Shiite regions of Iraq, with four people killed early Wednesday in a U.S. airstrike in Basra and five others dying in battles in Baghdad's volatile northeastern region.Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:51:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716805,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716805,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsExtremists fired an explosive barrage Saturday into the capital's heavily protected Green Zone, targeting the heart of America's diplomatic and military mission in IraqSun, 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmerican warplanes Thursday pounded a region of Iraq considered a "safe haven" for al Qaeda in Iraq, dropping 38 bombs in the first 10 minutes of the attack, the U.S. military said. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:17:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmerica's top military commander in Iraq said Thursday violence is down significantly across the country -- 60 percent in the last six months -- but that he's not ready to celebrate.Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:23:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThirteen people were killed Tuesday in attacks targeting police and military posts in Iraq, officials told CNN.Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/10/iraq.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/10/iraq.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCTextArmy Staff Sgt. Antonio Gonzales points his weapon across the Tigris River, keeping a close eye on a bridge that was cracked in half by an insurgent attack a few months ago.Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextVehicles will be banned for two days in the Iraqi capital starting Wednesday as one of many security measures being implemented for a Shiite pilgrimage to Baghdad, a trek that left almost 1,000 pilgrims dead two years ago. Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/01/iraq.suicide.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/01/iraq.suicide.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTextA fuel tanker packed with explosives detonated at a gas station Wednesday, killing at least 50 people and wounding 60 others in western Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/14/iraq.main/index.htmlBombings in Karbala and the Baghdad area killed at least 56 people and wounded scores of others Saturday morning, police and medical officials said.Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:39:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/17/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/17/iraq.main/index.htmlFour days of persistent violence, mainly between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, has left dozens of people dead in the northern Iraqi city of Balad.Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/13/turkey.blast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/13/turkey.blast/index.htmlPolice have raided houses in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, according to reports, after a bomb blast Tuesday evening killed 11 people -- many of them children -- and wounded at least a dozen more.Wed, 13 Sep 2006 06:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/12/turkey.blast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/12/turkey.blast/index.htmlA bomb blast in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir has killed seven people and injured 17, two of them seriously, officials said.Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.pilgrimage/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.pilgrimage/index.htmlSecurity was tight in Baghdad on Saturday as thousands of Shiite Muslim pilgrims walked through the capital to commemorate the death of a revered 8th century imam -- Musa al-Kadhim.Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/20/iraq.burke/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/20/iraq.burke/index.htmlThe trip was pitched to us by the U.S. military as an opportunity to see first-hand, what it calls, the future leaders of the Iraqi army.Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/01/iraq.main/index.htmlThousands of people have gathered in Baghdad for funerals of the nearly 1,000 Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed in a mass stampede during a religious procession.Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/31/iraq.main.1315/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/31/iraq.main.1315/index.htmlAt least 841 people were killed and 323 others injured in a stampede on a Baghdad bridge after a massive Shiite religious commemoration erupted into panic Wednesday.Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/31/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/31/iraq.main/index.htmlDeaths mounted steadily in northeast Baghdad after a massive midday Shiite religious procession erupted into a chaotic stampede Wednesday, causing the drowning and trampling deaths of 965 pilgrims.Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/08/soldier.convicted/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/08/soldier.convicted/index.htmlA U.S. Army sergeant was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter but convicted of assault in a case involving two civilians forced to jump off a bridge in Samarra, Iraq, one year ago, the U.S. military said Saturday.Sat, 08 Jan 2005 17:24:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/07/30/iraq.detainees/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/07/30/iraq.detainees/index.htmlThe commander of soldiers charged with forcing two Iraqi men to jump off a bridge into the Tigris river -- possibly resulting in the death of one of the detainees -- admitted in a hearing Friday he told his soldiers to lie about the incident.Sat, 31 Jul 2004 03:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/16/iraq.bulgaria/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/16/iraq.bulgaria/index.htmlHopes for two Bulgarian hostages in Iraq are fading as the government awaits evidence that a headless body found in the Tigris River is one of its nationals.Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/16/iraq.egyptian/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/16/iraq.egyptian/index.htmlThe Saudi employer of an Egyptian hostage in Iraq says it has met the demands of kidnappers by pulling out of the country, according to an Arabic-language TV channel.Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/15/iraq.body/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/15/iraq.body/index.htmlA beheaded body pulled from the Tigris River may be one of two Bulgarian truck drivers held hostage by militants in Iraq, police in Mosul said.Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/15/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/15/iraq.main/index.htmlThe abductors of an Egyptian hostage in Iraq have given his Saudi employer 48 hours to prove the company has left Iraq, the Arabic-language news network Al-Jazeera reported Thursday.Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/02/soldiers.charged/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/02/soldiers.charged/index.htmlThe U.S. Army has filed criminal charges against four soldiers who are accused of forcing two Iraqis to jump from a bridge over the Tigris River.Fri, 02 Jul 2004 15:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/01/saddam.palace/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/01/saddam.palace/index.htmlSaddam Hussein faced an Iraqi judge Thursday on the grounds of one of the sprawling presidential palaces he built in Baghdad.Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/20/iraq.tvattack/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/20/iraq.tvattack/index.htmlU.S. authorities said Tuesday they will investigate the shooting of an Iraqi TV reporter and his driver who were killed by coalition forces near military checkpoints in the north-central Iraqi city of Samarra.Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/25/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/25/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlTwo pilots of a crashed U.S. Army helicopter were missing Sunday, after they crashed into the Tigris River near downtown Mosul in northern Iraq, a U.S. military source said.Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:26:00 EST