The name “Iraq” has ancient origins, probably from the Sumerian city of Uruk, birthplace of writing and seat of Gilgamesh. The Greeks called it Mesopotamia, the land “between the rivers ...

A desert area with scattered plots of agricultural land with features that closely matched the description of the al-Qadisiyah battle site described in historic texts, in the Abu Sakhir district ...

Baghdad [Iraq]: The International Committee of the Red Cross ... contaminate an estimated 2,100 square kilometres of Iraqi land, a devastating area comparable to nearly 3,00,000 football fields.

The United States has maintained a military presence in the Middle East for decades, currently stationing between 40,000 and ...

Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Iran have decried Israel’s seizure of land in Syria near the occupied Golan Heights as the Israeli military continues to launch air strikes across the country.. The ...

Journey to Iraq: Photographer Christian Lindgren traveled to Iraq, an unusual spot for a vacation. While there, he visited the ruins of the ancient city of Ctesiphon, the last Persian capital ...