Iraq’s democracy shows resiliency Joseph Pennington State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for Iraq USA TODAY US Edition 18 Jul 2017 The Iraqi victory over the Islamic State in Mosul is something that both Iraqis and Americans can celebrate. Iraqis...
By Bushra Shakhshir | ERBIL, IRAQ https://cdscdn.reuters.com/r04/6/6/5/0/05521/u-8001-mp4-h264-640x360-25-300-1200000-aac-1-44100-96000.mp4 (Reuters) – As Iraqi forces fight to retake the northern city of Mosul from ISIS, an artist in nearby Erbil is chiseling at clay in a tiny, unheated...
Iraq is assessing the rehabilitation needs of the ancient city of Hatra, near Mosul in the country’s north, after retaking it from the Islamic State (IS) on April 26. The jihadist group had occupied the site since 2014 and...
Iraq’s ministry of tourism and antiquities says ISIS militants ‘defy will of world and feelings of humanity’ but does not state extent of damage ISIS terrorists have looted and bulldozed the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, the Iraqi government...