The new design removes the old flag’s three green stars (first meant to symbolize Iraq’s failed pan-Arab union with Syria and Egypt, later changed to represent the Baath Party’s credo ...

There was another proposal for a flag dating from the rule of Abdul Karim Qassem, who overthrew Iraq's monarchy in a bloody coup in 1958, to be adopted, but "this choice faced objections about the ...

Iraq’s U.S.-picked leaders approved a new flag for the country, making a dramatic change that dumps the Saddam Hussein-era colors and slogan “God is great” and introduces symbols of the ...

Iraq claims that it has used attack helicopters to defeat attack. June 19, 2014— -- The flag of ISIS was pictured flying above Iraq's biggest oil refinery today, an image that suggested the ...

Elsewhere on the Web: Imperial History of the Middle East An interactive map ... flag-bearer, against Iran—or perhaps by Iran and Saudi Arabia themselves—on battlefields across Iraq, in ...

Al Qaeda militants are bombing strategic targets in parts of western Iraq, wreaking havoc on their quest to establish an Islamic emirate. The map below gives an indication of how successful they ...