The Baghdad skatepark provides a welcome means of escape for young Iraqis in a country that has endured decades of conflict and crisis — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE Rukaya al-Zubaidi placed a cautious foot on a ...

After negotiating with authorities for five years, three organisations from Italy, Iraq and Belgium have now opened Baghdad's first skatepark. It is not the first in the country, however ...

That may be starting to change. The capital inaugurated its first skate park this weekend at a ceremony attended by foreign diplomats, sports officials and young athletes, in what many hope will ...

SEQUIM — Sequim Mayor Brandon Janisse has proposed renaming Sequim Skate Park to honor the late advocate Mark Simpson. Janisse wants to rename the park the MarkeMark Simpson Skate Park for his ...

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 ...

That may be starting to change. The capital inaugurated its first skate park this weekend at a ceremony attended by foreign diplomats, sports officials and young athletes, in what many hope will ...

That may be starting to change. The capital inaugurated its first skate park recently at a ceremony attended by foreign diplomats, sports officials and young athletes, in what many hope will be ...

Skateboarders practice on the newly-opened skatepark in Baghdad, Iraq (Ammar Khalil/AP) Baghdad has opened its first skate park in what many hope will be the beginning of a drive to build more ...