In the autumn of 2005 an Iraqi writer using the pen name “Shalash” began publishing blog posts about the absurdity of life in Baghdad in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion. The items took the form of ...

Iraqis scared for their lives leave capital city deserted. June 13, 2014— -- As Islamic extremists threaten Baghdad, residents of the Iraqi capital are fleeing on foot, emptying grocery stores ...

Abdul-Ahad, an Iraqi journalist, is the author of A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Between 2003 and last month, when I returned to Iraq again, I’ve watched the ...

For decades, two stalwarts have defined Baghdad’s unlikely luxury hospitality scene: the Babylon Rotana and Al Rasheed. As ...

One Thursday morning in April 2003, Dr. Said Hakki woke up in his Tampa, Florida, home and drove to the hospital where he had worked for years to perform a routine prostate surgery. After scrubbing ...

A sniper crouched next to a pile of sandbags, taking aim at anything that moved. Return fire came in bursts, from behind a palm tree. “Go! Go! Go!” one fighter yelled. “I’m hit!” shouted another. Then ...

BAGHDAD - The padlocks were snapped shut last week. Musicians were allowed to return briefly to pack up their keyboards and drums. Bartenders came back to store away the liquor and maybe take a few ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Five blasts across Baghdad on Saturday tempered Iraqis' anticipation of a more relaxed and accessible capital as the government prepared to lift a night-time curfew that has kept ...

Iraqi Christians celebrate Christmas in Baghdad, showcasing unity, security, and peaceful coexistence among communities.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -An Iranian man and four Iraqis were sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for killing U.S. citizen Stephen Troell in Baghdad last year, two legal sources said. Troell was killed ...

THERE WERE MANY WAYS TO die in Baghdad: killed by car bombs; taken out by militias working in tandem with security forces to target Sunnis; targeted by Sunni insurgents killing Shia and those deemed ...