Iraq

In this file photo, U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., stands in front of photos of fallen soldiers, along a hallway leading to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Jones, a once-fervent supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq who later became an equally

Politics & Government

GOP Rep. Walter Jones, Who Spent Years Seeking Redemption For Iraq Vote, Dies At 76

4:21am February 11, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Jones helped add "freedom fries" to the Congressional cafeteria menu. Since then, he came to deeply regret his vote for the war in Iraq, and wrote thousands of letters to families of fallen soldiers.

Mourners transport the flag-draped coffin of Iraqi archaeologist Lamia al-Gailani, seen in the poster, for burial during her funeral procession in the National Museum in Baghdad on Jan. 21. Iraq is mourning the loss of a beloved archaeologist who helped r

Remembering Lamia Al-Gailani, Pioneering Iraqi Archaeologist

8:02am February 02, 2019

by Jane Arraf

The noted Iraqi archaeologist died Jan. 18 in Jordan. She helped restore Iraq's national museum after it was looted in 2003 and specialized in the study of ancient cylinder seals.

Muneer Subaihani at the airport in Baghdad on Tuesday, waiting to board the first of his flights back to the United States.

Iraqi Has Returned To U.S. After ICE Deported Him Against Court Orders

7:13pm January 31, 2019

Muneer Subaihani says immigration agents told him he would be in jail for life if he didn't agree to be deported to Iraq. On Tuesday, in a rare event, he was admitted back into the U.S.

Iraqi oud player Falah al-Baghdadi plays a song for Renforth he says has its roots in ancient Mesopotamia, 3,000 years ago in what is now Iraq.

A U.S. Commander Went For A Rare Stroll In Baghdad. Many Iraqis Just Shrugged

5:00pm January 07, 2019

by Jane Arraf

For the first time in years, an American military general walked the streets of Baghdad. Some Iraqis seemed to ignore it, while others decried it as a violation of national sovereignty.

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This 2018 photo provided by Andrea Gallagher shows her husband, Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher. Gallagher is facing charges of premeditated murder and other offenses in connection with the fatal stabbing of a teenage Islamic State prisoner under his care in I

Navy SEAL To Plead Not Guilty To War Crimes, Including Killing ISIS Teen

11:35am January 04, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Nineteen-year veteran Edward Gallagher will stand trial on war crimes charges, including premeditated murder, that prosecutors say he committed while serving in Iraq.

World News

Following The Defeat Of ISIS, Iraq Pursues A Campaign Of Revenge

1:30pm December 19, 2018

by Dave Davies

New Yorker reporter Ben Taub says hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, including women and children, are being detained, tortured, killed or cast out for suspected association with ISIS.

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Abdullatif Al-Humaym, the head of Sunni Muslim endowments in all of Iraq, places the cornerstone for the rebuilding of the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri in Mosul. The historic mosque and its leaning minaret were destroyed in 2017 when Iraqi forces reclaimed the

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Iraq Lays Cornerstone To Restore Al-Nuri Mosque, As Mosul Rebuilds

6:28am December 17, 2018

by Francesca Paris

Iraqi religious leaders officially initiated the restoration of Mosul's al-Nuri mosque yesterday. The mosque was destroyed as Iraqi forces reclaimed control of the city from the Islamic State in 2017.

Naser al-Shimary, deported this year to Iraq from the U.S., greets his four-year-old son Vincent at Baghdad international airport. Shimary had lived in the U.S. since he was five years old. He agreed to be deported under a practice halted by a U.S. court

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'They Know I'm Different': Deportee Struggles In Iraq After Decades Living In U.S.

3:42pm November 26, 2018

by Jane Arraf

Naser al-Shimary, a refugee in the U.S., was deported this year back to Iraq — where he hasn't lived since he was 2 and now fears for his life.

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American conservationist Jeff Allen (center) directs Iraqi technicians laying mortar between ancient bricks at the site of Babylon.

In Iraq, A Race To Protect The Crumbling Bricks Of Ancient Babylon

7:02am November 24, 2018

by Jane Arraf

A U.S.-funded conservation project is shoring up the brick walls of the ancient city. The hope is that Babylon will qualify for UNESCO World Heritage status.

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In Mosul, reminders of the Islamic State's brutal rule include a school wall covered with drawings showing how militants executed their prisoners. The U.N. says the area around the city holds mass graves where thousands of people were buried.

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Islamic State Dumped At Least 6,000 Bodies In Mass Graves In Iraq, U.N. Says

11:57am November 06, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"Victims include women, children, elderly and persons with disabilities, members and former members of the Iraqi armed forces and police," says a new U.N. report that details 202 mass graves.