A country too dangerous to visit is one I can’t wait to return to
As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...
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Iraqi Freedom Operation Set Soldier on Path to National Guard
CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - As U.S. service members rolled into Iraq in March 2003, a young girl looked on, watching with excitement ...
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Iran’s Influence in Iraq Is Crumbling—Here’s Why
For decades, Iran has worked to control Iraq, using money, militias, and political pressure. This has allowed Tehran to use ...
Foreign Affairs1d
The Axis of Resistance Is Primed to Take Another Hit
Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years ...
In France, one billionaire's media empire sides with Russia
Since Donald Trump has made overtures to Moscow and JD Vance has proclaimed that free speech is threatened in Europe, the far ...
3,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian Canal System Found in Iraq, Unveiling Ancient Irrigation Methods
Researchers in Iraq have uncovered an extensive Mesopotamian canal system used for irrigation over 3,000 years ago.
20 years later: What does Iraq think of the United States?
Nearly 20 years since Iraq created a new Constitution assuring that people of all religions and ethnicities would be ...
Human Rights Watch2d
Iraq: Personal Status Law Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights
After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February ...
Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
JARAMANA, Syria — Syria’s Druze minority has a long history of cutting their own path to survive among the country’s ...
Syria's neighboring foreign ministers call for lifting sanctions and reconciliation
Syria’s top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries have called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions and post-war reconciliation ...
National Catholic Register5d
A Decade After ISIS: ‘Even When They Tried to Erase Us, God Left Us a Reminder of Life’
The scars of ISIS still linger in Iraq, and the threat of extremism has not vanished. But hope has taken root in the ...
Daily Mirror5d
EU funded agencies called for my resignation - Ranil tells Al Jazeera
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe criticized the stance of the European Union (EU) against him, claiming the Union had ...