Iraq
December 25, 2011
Christmas is observed in some Middle Eastern countries, by local peoples as well as by expatriates. How do these some 10 million Christian 'Arabs' living in the Middle East mark Christmas, with most living in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine? Christmas visits smaller Arab Christian populations in Jordan, Iraq, and even some of the Gulf states.
December 22, 2011
A series of explosions Thursday morning in Baghdad killed over 30 people
December 21, 2011
Iraq's prime minister told Kurdish authorities Wednesday to hand over the Sunni vice president
December 15, 2011
After nine years, 4,500 American dead and 100,000 Iraqi dead, the USA on Thursday formally ended the war in Iraq
December 13, 2011
The relationship of Arab and Persian can be summarized as one of antagonistic alternating bouts of best of friends with worst of neighbors!
December 5, 2011
For Shia Muslims, Ashura is a solemn day of mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in 680 AD at Karbala in modern-day Iraq.
December 1, 2011
A car bomb went off in a street market in the mainly Shi'ite Iraqi town of Khalis on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 25 others.
November 29, 2011
Iraq's economic interests as well as Iranian pressures have pushed the Iraqi government to oppose the decision of the Arab League to impose tough economic sanctions on Syria.
November 28, 2011
A suicide bomber slammed a car packed with explosives into the gate of a prison north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 19 people.
November 3, 2011
Two near-simultaneous blasts killed six security guards Thursday who were waiting in line to pick up their paychecks outside an Iraqi military base, officials said.
October 27, 2011
Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, on Thursday warned from the outbreak of civil war after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq
October 19, 2011
Turkey carried out air and ground attacks on Kurdish targets in Iraq on Wednesday, vowing to take "great revenge"
October 11, 2011
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has stated American forces might still be able to stay in his country as trainers beyond a 2011 withdrawal date.
September 26, 2011
The Latest News in Pictures of Celebrities and Entertainment in the Arab World. (Part 5).
September 14, 2011
Three attacks against Iraqi security forces on Wednesday killed 19 people and injured more than 50 across Iraq.