Iraq has long been a melting pot of traditions, languages and religions.Credit...From the British Library archive/Bridgeman Images By Marc Van De Mieroop Marc Van De Mieroop is the author of many ...

Pilgrims in Karbala hold up Palestinian flags amid the war in Gaza as they mark annual mourning for martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Devotees hold up Palestine flags and wear keffiyeh scarves in support ...

When World War I ended in 1918, the winners, principally Britain and France (for the US electorate had decisively rejected ...

It is one of the world's biggest religious gatherings and a major event for Shiites, who are the majority in Iraq and Iran. Karbala, where Hussein and his brother Abbas are buried in two enormous ...

Iraq's military says its forces and American troops have killed a senior commander with the Islamic State group who was ...

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says the brotherly bonds between Pakistan and Iraq are deeply rooted in common religion and shared interests. Talking to Iraq's Ambassador to Pakistan Hamid ...

More than 200 people were killed when four suicide truck bombs targeted the Yazidi religious sect in northern Iraq amid growing fears Wednesday that more dead were trapped under the rubble.

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Indonesia ranked first here also, followed by Nigeria, Senegal, Iraq, and Niger. Around 45 percent of Americans said they ...

Britain and the United States Redraw the Map After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, its territories were divided between the victors, Britain and France. Britain occupied modern-day Iraq ...

The above map from Morgan Stanley illustrates why Iraq is crucial to the Middle East amid flaring sectarian tensions. Iran is 91% Shia, Iraq is 66% Shia, Syria is 16% Shia, and Lebanon is 30% Shia.