Baghdad, known as The City of Peace by Arabs, became Iraq's capital in the early 1920s and has a population of around five million people. The Tigris River roughly bisects the vast city ...

What is known is that after 1200CE, Old Town became a significant hub for travel and trade, remaining occupied until the 1980s when the last inhabitants relocated to a newly built city nearby.

More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in ...

In a lively arena in Baghdad, the crowd roars to the beat of drums — not for a football match, but for mheibes, a spirited, ...

Baghdad's information ministry was said to be badly damaged after fresh air strikes hit the capital. A powerful explosion was seen on the west bank of the Tigris at 10pm on Friday GMT. US Central ...