The modern state of Iraq was an imperial fiction of the 20th century that now barely exists. The name “Iraq” has ancient origins, probably from the Sumerian city of Uruk, birthplace of writing and ...

A new book by the journalist Bartle Bull recounts 5,000 years of the country’s past, showing how long before colonial powers defined its borders, it was a place with a common history. Share full ...

The 2025 election reveals a crisis deeper than disillusionment. Iraq’s problem is the internalised belief that nothing will ...

A deal to form a new government in Iraq collapsed today. Meanwhile, the Sunni militant group ISIS declared over the weekend that the country is now an Islamic state ruled over by a supreme religious ...

Vice President JD Vance at the Congressional Cities Conference of the National League of Cities in Washington, D.C., on March 10, 2025. Vice President JD Vance recently gave a phone interview to ...

Twenty years after Iraq held its first election in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein and shook ...

Marking 10 years since ISIS swept into Mosul and the towns of the Nineveh Plain, EWTN News, in collaboration with its sister agency covering the Middle East and North Africa, ACI MENA, has released a ...

In the photograph, the man is wearing a dark suit, a light-colored shirt and striped tie. His head is slightly downturned, as if he is carefully watching where he is stepping. And he's carrying a ...

A young girl proudly holds the Iraqi flag in a classroom filled with her peers, symbolizing national pride and unity. (Photo credit: Anmar Qusay – World Bank) Between 2020 and 2023, the World Bank ...

Ten suspects were sentenced in total, but the case is widely believed to involve dozens if not scores of politically connected people. It is seen as emblematic of the corruption that has gripped Iraq ...