My journey through Iraq took me to Najaf, the holiest city in the country and a treasure trove of history, culture, and incredible food! 🇮🇶 I started by tasting hakaka, the crispy and flavorful rice ...

Iraq is poised to pass a new law that would lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine, allowing men to marry young girls, according to a new report. The Shia conservative groups that dominate ...

Young girls in Iraq who are years away from becoming teenagers could be forced to become wives if a new Shia-backed law passes. The new law would lower a girl’s consent from 18 to age 9.

Iraq, I think, will never recover in my lifetime ... He clutches his prayer beads and watches his granddaughter put Zainab's black flats on her hands and crawl on two limbs inside the house ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

But the 2003 photo was taken years before Cotton’s 2005 enlistment or 2006 deployment in Iraq. The insignia on the uniform of the man in the photo also does not match Cotton’s battalion, and a ...

The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraq's prime minister announced on Friday. Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or "Abu Khadija," was killed in an operation by members ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyah was fought in Mesopotamia — in present-day Iraq — in the A.D. 630s between Arab Muslims and the army of the Sassanid Persian dynasty during a period of Muslim expansion.

The harmful effects of climate change in Iraq are undeniable and will increase in the coming decades. Iraq is already experiencing more frequent and severe heat extremes and an agricultural ...

Baghdad — Monday marks 20 years since the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Twenty years since U.S. airstrikes and cruise missiles lit up the night skies over Baghdad in an opening salvo ...

The U.S. government’s plan to transition to a new bilateral security agreement with Iraq is about as clear as mud. Speaking to reporters on Friday, two U.S. officials said that the relationship ...

BAGHDAD, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Iraq's telecoms ministry said it has blocked the Telegram messaging app over national security concerns and in order to preserve the integrity of users' personal data ...