Iraqi media ignore Chilcot, focus on current violence

Here’s an excerpt from our article on how Iraqi media are reporting the day’s news:

“While British media reflects on the Iraq war with the publication of the long-awaited Chilcot report, Iraqi media is busy concentrating on the daily chaos the war has left behind.

"Iraqi media was dominated this morning by the ever increasing death toll of the Karrada bombing, popular anger at the government, and of course Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations across the Arab and Islamic world.

"Only BBC Arabic, for obvious reasons, is following the story with any sense of urgency, or even interest.

"If the aim of the Chilcot inquiry was to achieve a sense of closure, its effects, like its reporting, will be limited to the West. In Iraq, it’s a day like any other.”

Read the full article here as well as our latest update on the Karrada bombing here.