A Deadly Day in Baghdad
Five U.S. service members were killed yesterday by a fellow soldier on an American military base in Baghdad yesterday. The soldier was later taken into custody. The center where the shooting occurred...
View ArticleLife in Baghdad is 'Barely Tolerable'
As the U.S. prepares for a full drawdown of troops in Iraq, we check in with Lubna Naji, a recent graduate of Baghdad Medical School. She says she is less concerned with the withdrawal of troops from...
View ArticleSuicide Bomber Strikes Baghdad
A suicide bomber attacked a busy army recruitment center today in Baghdad where a large crowd was waiting in line to apply for work. The attack comes ahead of the U.S. military's planned drawdown of...
View ArticleSuicide Bomber Attacks Baghdad as US Prepares for Withdrawal
A suicide bomber struck a crowd of 300 people this morning in Baghdad. Jane Arraf, a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor was at the scene. She says that a young man with explosives strapped to...
View ArticleInsurgents Attack Police Targets in Iraq
In Iraq, insurgents launched what seems to be a coordinated wave of attacks on police forces this morning as the American military prepares to switch from combat operations to a training and assistance...
View ArticleIraqis Reflect on Tumultuous 2010
President Obama announced the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq last August, but 2010 was still a tumultuous year in the region. How will Iraqis remember 2010? And what do they hope for in the year...
View ArticleDeadly Attacks Rattle Iraqis and Families of American Troops
Monday was the deadliest day of the year in Iraq. Insurgents waged 42 coordinated attacks across the country, leaving almost 100 civilians and security forces dead, and hundreds injured. The attacks...
View ArticleWinners and Losers in a New Iraq
Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Tuesday for an unannounced visit as the U.S. prepares to pull out of the country by year's end. As the U.S. leaves the nation its occupied since 2003, the...
View ArticleBaghdad Hosts Arab League Meeting
After the years of violence and instability in Iraq, Baghdad is hosting this week's Arab League meeting. Reporter for our partner the BBC Rami Ruhayem discusses the welcome leaders should expect from...
View ArticleArab League Summit in Baghdad and Iraq-Syria Relations
Hugh Sykes reports on the Arab League summit in Baghdad, where only 10 out of 22 leaders of the Arab world have turned up. It's the first time the Arab League summit has been in Iraq since Saddam...
View ArticleMore Than 80 Killed in Attacks in Iraq
Deadly violence across Iraq this morning. Our partner the BBC reports more than 80 people have been killed in a wave of attacks in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq. Authorities say the bombing appears to...
View ArticleIraq’s Clouded Future
Ten years ago today, the US invaded Iraq, starting a war that would cost billions of dollars -- and would completely change Iraq forever.Ali Allawi is Iraq's former Minister of Trade, Minister of...
View ArticleChristiane Amanpour: This Might Be 'The End of Iraq as We Know It'
The world is facing a nightmare scenario in Iraq and across the Middle East, according to veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent for CNN, and Kenneth Pollack, a...
View ArticleWith Fighting on the Horizon, Will Baghdad Fall?
For Baghdad, fighting is clearly visible on the horizon. Shiite militia groups are engaging Sunni forces in towns and cities on the road to Baghdad with casualties reported on both sides.Will Baghdad...
View ArticleThe Iraqi Fight Against ISIS Divides a Splintered Nation
In 2006, as sectarian violence flared in Iraq, then-Senator Joe Biden coauthored a New York Times op-ed on the ongoing conflict.He made an unconventional argument. As Americans were dying to preserve...
View ArticleBaghdad Gallery
The Madarat Gallery is one of the only remaining art galleries in Baghdad. We sent journalist David Enders to visit the gallery and talk with owner and artist Hasan Nassar, who does everything he can...
View ArticleThe Band Plays On
Reporter Melik Kaylan is recently back from Iraq, where he reported for the Wall Street Journal. He tells Kurt about his visit with Karim Wasfi, conductor of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra....
View ArticleStoryCorps 375: Patriot Duty
For Memorial Day, we're sharing stories from service members who participated in our Military Voices Initiative.
View ArticleIraq divided: Borzou Daragahi on the chances of partition
As sectarian violence in Iraq spreads, many people are beginning to talk about the possibility that the country might be split into Sunni, Shia and Kurdish states. The FT's Borzou Daragahi reports from...
View ArticleAn Iraq War Vet Returns to Find Baghdad on the Edge of Ruin
Roy Scranton served in the United States Army in Iraq 2003. He returns to Baghdad 10 years later as sectarian violence and chaos threaten to overtake the country and after ISIS has taken Fallujah,...
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