Macron Visits Imam Al-Kadhim Shrine in Baghdad
This message is civilisational but also geopolitical. There will be no balance in Iraq if there is no respect for these communities,” the French president said ahead of his visit. Macron also made a stop at the site of Mosul’s Al-Nuri mosque, where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had declared the establishment of a “caliphate” in 2014.
August 29, 2021 | 6:32 pm