(Beirut) – Eight organizations released the following statement today calling on the Iraqi government to investigate the detention of activists and others since the start of the 2019 protests and to ...

One of the stranger aspects of President-elect Joe Biden’s selection of retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to be his secretary of defense comes in his explanation of why he made the choice. In an essay in The ...

Iraq’s economy is gradually recovering from the twin shocks of the pandemic and collapse in oil prices in 2020. Both oil and non-oil growth are on track to reach their pre-pandemic levels as oil ...

Twenty years ago, the George W. Bush administration expanded its “war on terror,” launched in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, to Iraq. In his March 19, 2003, address announcing the ...

The commander of Iraq's military is calling for U.S. forces to stay in the country for another decade, reinforcing his stance that his country's military won't be able to secure the nation on their ...

The so-called ‘Islamic Resistance in Iraq,’ a network of newer Iranian proxies, front groups, and other pro-Iranian actors, recently celebrated one year of activity against the U.S.-led coalition by ...

At least seven people have been killed in ongoing violent protests since Sunday in northern Iraq, where government workers are demanding their salaries be paid as Covid-19 plunges the country into ...

Baghdad — Seeing your first dead body can be deeply upsetting. Seeing somebody actually die in front of you leaves a scar on the soul. It was a blisteringly hot August afternoon in 2003 when a huge ...

The Eridu field is the biggest oil find in Iraq in the last 20 years. March saw Iraq’s state-owned Dhi Qar Oil Company (DQOC) formally approve the development of Block 10’s reserves, including for the ...

BAGHDAD — The 2007 unprovoked killing of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security contractors is remembered here as one of the most emblematic chapters of America's ruinous invasion. Yet the news ...

Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in March 2021, the Vatican press office announced on Monday. His trip to the war-torn country could be his first outside of Italy since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Traveling during Covid-19 is tough. Traveling during Covid-19 with pets? Nearly impossible. A perfect storm of factors – closed borders, diminished frequency of international flights, higher cost of ...