For at least a decade, the conventional wisdom has been that direct attempts at regime change by the United States have ended in disaster. And for good reason. In Afghanistan, the very same Taliban ...

America does not appear to have learned the core lesson of its Iraq occupation: Don’t underestimate a country’s determination ...

BAGHDAD — Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one Qaiss al-Sharaa most enjoys retelling is about the day April 9, 2003, when he watched Iraqis and American Marines pull ...

For decades, two stalwarts have defined Baghdad’s unlikely luxury hospitality scene: the Babylon Rotana and Al Rasheed. As global brands withdrew after the 2003 invasion, these two hotels held out by ...

The Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal lineup has been finalized with Algeria and defending champion Ivory Coast booking the ...

Political factions in Iraq have been maneuvering since the parliamentary election more than a month ago to form alliances that will shape the next government.

Baghdad was cloaked in its familiar shroud of darkness when, in early October, I walked the al-Shuhada Bridge across the Tigris—more a ritual for me than a pastime. Long before Walter Benjamin ...

BAGHDAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday visited the holy shrines of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani (RA) and Imam-e-Azam Abu Hanifa (RA) here. The president, who is on a four-day visit to Iraq, also ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Talks between Erbil and Baghdad are underway over the inclusion of the Kurdistan Region’s in the country’s billion-dollar Development Road Project, an advisor to the Iraqi ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A landmark three-month agreement between Baghdad and Erbil that enabled the ...

President Donald Trump has appointed Mark Savaya as Special Envoy to the Republic of Iraq [mark_savaya/instagram] United States President Donald Trump’s second ...