Football fans cheer under the moonlight during an int’l soccer friendly in Baghdad

Football fans cheer , as one fan holds a message for the Syrian team, during an international friendly soccer match at the al-Shaab stadium in Baghdad, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Tens of thousands of Iraqi football fans packed a stadium in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday to watch the country’s first international match at home for 18 months, a 2-1 victory over Syria.

The moon looms above as football fans cheer during an international friendly soccer match at the al-Shaab stadium in Baghdad, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Iraq won 2-1. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Khalid Mohammed>