BAGHDAD: It was spring 2007 in northern Iraq when 6-year-old Saja Saleem raced home from school with the good news about her excellent grades, hoping to...
BAGHDAD: For more than three years after graduation, Karar Alaa Abdel-Wahid tried to get a stable job in the Iraqi government and in the private sector - to...
BAGHDAD: Farida Khalaf somehow kept her composure as she returned to her devastated home village in northern Iraq for the first time in four years – until she...
BAGHDAD: Moqtada al-Sadr, the maverick Shiite religious scholar who emerged as the main winner in Iraq’s parliamentary elections last month, campaigned on a...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi women running for Parliament this month are undaunted, despite many challenges they face ahead of the May 12 elections, including unprecedented...
BAGHDAD: Long beset by toxic divisions, Iraq seems to be growing even more fragmented ahead of national elections scheduled for May, with Iranian influence...
BAGHDAD: When Iraqi forces drove Daesh (ISIS) militants out of eastern Mosul a year ago, Nashwan Shakir Mahmoud raced back to his home, hoping that his red...
BASRA, Iraq: The rows of self-harm scars that course upward on the teenager’s forearms from her wrists nearly to her elbows are reminders of dark times. At...
BAGHDAD: It didn’t take long for Ahmed Subhi and his friends to figure out the best project to launch amid Iraq’s acute economic crisis. They just looked at...
BAGHDAD: The Iraqis guarding Baghdad’s many checkpoints, on the lookout for car bombs and convoys, don’t know what to make of Ali al-Moussawi when...
BAGHDAD: The U.N. chief offered support for Iraq’s fight against Daesh (ISIS) during a visit to Baghdad Thursday, even as the country faces a growing...
QAYYARAH, Iraq: For months, residents of the Iraqi town of Qayyarah have lived under a dark cloud of toxic fumes released by oil well fires lit by retreating...
BAGHDAD: A tribal leader said Wednesday that an airstrike had killed 19 pro-government tribal Sunni fighters south of the town of Mosul, which is held by the...
BAGHDAD: Iraq opened a new antiquities museum in the southern city of Basra Tuesday with pottery, coins and other artifacts dating back more than 2,000 years....
BAGHDAD: Militants unleashed a series of attacks Wednesday in and around Baghdad, killing at least 14 people, officials said. South of the Iraqi capital, a...
BAGHDAD: Dozens of men were watching a football match at the “Smile” cafe when the blast hit in the street below. Within minutes, a fire ripped...
BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomb ripped through an outdoor market in a Shiite-dominated northeastern district of Baghdad Tuesday, killing at least 12 people,...
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister appealed Thursday to Iraqis to postpone the weekly protests due the following day so that security forces can focus on a key...
BAGHDAD: A wave of bombings struck outdoor markets and a restaurant in Shiite-dominated neighborhoods of Baghdad Tuesday, killing at least 69 people,...
BAGHDAD: For nearly two years, U.S. airstrikes, military advisers and weapons shipments have helped Iraqi forces roll back Daesh (ISIS). The U.S.-led...
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister Saturday ordered an investigation into corruption allegations against senior oil officials following an expose into...
BAGHDAD: As the sun sets over Iraq’s southern city of Basra, Ahmad Hilal rushes to lock his door. At night, every knock sends his heart beating faster. In the...
BAGHDAD: For some three months, anesthesiologist Bashar Taha lived in fear of deadly retaliation. Taha, 38, was part of a team that performed plastic surgery...
BAGHDAD: Two suicide bombers targeted Iraqi police checkpoints in commercial areas in central Baghdad during rush hour Thursday, killing at least 21 people,...
BAGHDAD: Iraq's judicial council has rejected calls for judge Medhat al-Mahmoud, head of Supreme Judicial Council, to retire amid calls for widespread...