Last weekend, the Iraqi government arrested an Awakening Group leader of a Baghdad neighborhood, then moved into the area. With the help…
For centuries, artists, writers, and intellectuals have been meeting in Baghdad’s teahouses over tulip-shaped glasses of sweet lemon tea, cigarettes, and shisha…
BAGHDAD, Mar 6 (IPS) – Prompt medical care is at last on offer in Iraq, for those who can find the dollars…
BAGHDAD – Seventy percent of Iraq’s doctors are reported to have fled the war-torn country in the face of death threats and…
BAGHDAD, Feb 19 (IPS) – "We only want a normal life," says Um Qasim, sitting in a bombed out building in Baghdad.…
Fallujah, Iraq — Driving through Fallujah, once the most rebellious Sunni city in this country, I saw little evidence of any kind…
"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind." -John F. Kennedy It is not the…
BAGHDAD — Amidst the soaring unemployment in Iraq, the gravediggers have been busy. So busy that officials have no record of the…
BAGHDAD – After strong polling for the provincial elections Saturday, Iraqis are looking out for new signposts of political recovery from the…
BAGHDAD – Uncertainty and tension are running high in Baghdad ahead of the provincial election due Jan. 31. But this time fears…
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