The Iraqi census is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, and will provide sorely needed up-to-date demographic data for the country which has an estimated population of around 44 million
Two decades after US invasion of Iraq, Senate votes to end war authorization
Since the beginning of his administration in 2021, President Joe Biden has urged Congress to revoke the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs. In a statement Thursday on the revocations of the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs, the Biden administration said the president is ready to work with Congress to replace other "outdated...Countries pledge to support Iraq’s ‘stability’ at Jordan summit
Iraq has been caught for years in a delicate balancing act between its two main allies, the United States and Iran, and Baghdad only recently arrived at a fragile compromise government after a year of political stalemate. The conference was a test for Iraq's new Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani,...
Iraq struggles to transform Saddam Hussein’s crumbling palaces
Iraq is struggling to transform hundreds of palaces built and used by former dictator Saddam Hussain.
Arabic instrumentalist hopes to ‘change soul’ of Iraq with music
Naseer Shamma, an icon of the Arabic oud, has returned home to help rekindle the flame of Iraqi music, snuffed out by decades of conflict.
Iraq’s last gas bottle delivery crooner dreams of stardom
*Mountazar Abbas, the last gas bottle deliveryman, says the trade is tough and badly paid *The tradition of the singing delivery man has disappeared across much of the Middle East In the Karrada district of Iraq’s capital, residents awake to a gas bottle deliveryman’s dulcet tones — once a countrywide...
