BAGHDAD: In the heat of battle against Daesh (ISIS), Iraqis united against a common enemy. But just a few months after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared...
BAGHDAD: With campaign posters cluttering the streets of Iraq, the almost 7,000 candidates running for Parliament in upcoming elections are resorting to...
KIRKUK, Iraq: In the multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk it is hard to find posters of Kurdish candidates for Iraq’s upcoming polls, but the campaigns of other...
AWJA, Iraq: In his native village of Awja, the mausoleum of Iraq’s executed dictator Saddam Hussein has been reduced to broken concrete and tangled barbed...
RAMADI, Iraq: In Iraq’s Anbar province, visitors can be hard pressed to find a hotel room as tribal tradition makes housing guests a point of honor. The...
RAMADI, Iraq: In Iraq’s Sunni-dominated Anbar province, residents struggling to rebuild after years of Daesh (ISIS) rule are adamant: There will be no...
MOSUL, Iraq: Barely a month after Baghdad declared victory over Daesh (ISIS), the jihadis could still recapture areas of Iraq, especially near the border with...
BAGHDAD: Seated at tables with glasses of tea in the heart of Baghdad’s bookshop district, the customers of Shabandar cafe have watched 100 years of...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, the driving force behind last month’s independence vote, finds himself isolated at home and abroad weeks after...
KIRKUK, Iraq: For Iraqi Kurds, the purple fingertip is a badge of honor, a sign that they have voted in Monday’s referendum on independence for the...
IRBIL, Iraq: Iraq’s Kurds are planning to vote on their independence in a Sept. 25 referendum, but the poll is more of a tool to pressure Baghdad than a step...
TAL AFAR, Iraq: Seizing the city of Tal Afar district by district, Iraqi fighters took down Daesh’s black flags and hung them upside-down as they took...
MOSUL, Iraq: Satellite dishes have been sprouting on the rooftops of east Mosul since it was retaken from Daesh (ISIS), who punished anyone caught with a dish...
QARAQOSH, Iraq: Members of Iraq’s Christian minority celebrated Palm Sunday in the country’s main Christian town of Qaraqosh for the first time since it was...