The Iraqi Ministry of Construction enforces strict environmental standards for new residential cities, requiring renewable ...

Receding waters during an extreme drought revealed a 3,400-year-old city along the Tigris River. Iraq has been experiencing climate change-induced drought for months. Archaeologists are rushing to ...

Iraq plans to establish 15 industrial cities alongside its Development Road, a $17 billion megaproject linking southern Iraq ...

When an extreme drought caused a 3,400-year-old city to reemerge from a reservoir on the Tigris River in northern Iraq, archaeologists raced to excavate it before the water returned. The Bronze Age ...

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The streets of Qaraqosh, Iraq — also known as Baghdeda — were filled with joy as residents celebrating Palm Sunday carried olive branches and palm fronds in a grand procession of nearly 20,000 ...

BAGHDAD — Shiite militia fighters clashed with police Sunday in Samawah, a provincial capital in southern Iraq, transforming it into a lawless battleground and exposing rifts that increasingly divide ...

Iraqis marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad—and of their liberation from Saddam Hussein’s tyranny—in eerie silence and fear. Though April 9 was officially a national holiday, Baghdad’s ...

SAMARRA, Iraq—There’s only one way in and out of this predominantly Sunni Muslim city: through the checkpoints of the Saraya al-Salam, one of Iraq’s most fearsome Shia militias. Samarra gained ...

Every year, millions of pilgrims descend on the central Iraqi city of Karbala to commemorate the Shiite holiday of Arbaeen, one of the largest organized gatherings in the world. Credit... Supported by ...

As they walked through the streets of Qaraqosh, participants sang Palm Sunday hymns in both Arabic and Syriac and waved olive branches. Thousands celebrate the beginning of Holy Week on April 13, 2025 ...

A severe drought brought on by climate change revealed an ancient Bronze Age city in Iraq, and gave archaeologists a chance to map it, researchers announced Monday. The drought hit the region in ...