The Khidr Elias festival unites Yazidis, Turkmen, and Arabs in Iraq, celebrating the transition from winter to spring.

A combination of oil, western intervention, the Cold War and military rule has transformed Iraq from a relatively minor player in the Arab world to a country of prime importance in world affairs.

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

While enjoyed throughout the Middle East, halawa is particularly beloved in Iraqi cuisine, where it can be served as a ...

During the early years of the U.S. war in Iraq, Dr. Marr’s book “The Modern History of Iraq” (1985) was on the military’s reading list for intensive pre-deployment courses among officers ...

Iraq recovered stolen artifacts from Japan and Switzerland, marking a significant step in preserving the country's rich ...

Inconvenient historical realities have never discouraged rulers from reshaping the history of Babylon in their ... when Saddam Hussein—then dictator of Iraq—set out to create a reconstruction ...

“The Iraqis are very proud of their culture,” Levian noted. “Iraq is the cradle of human culture and history. That’s why we chose this title. This is where the most ancient cultures began ...

"We're preserving the coexistence and pluralism that was in Iraq," Benjamen said. Born and raised in Kirkuk, an oil-rich ...