That's when I came across the name of Army Sgt. Willsun Mock, 23, of Harper, Kansas. The realization that he died crashed down on me. (Watch Mock describe the thoughts and fears of a soldier at war -- ...

What’s happening!?’ He came up behind me, asking with his Cheshire Cat grin. It was Baghdad, Iraq, 2003, on a hot, dusty ...

With the world’s attention fixed on efforts to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, talks are quietly continuing to ...

When an atheist suddenly finds himself walking around after death, he has got some serious re-evaluating to do. Iraq, well into the new millennium. A fast-talking Tiger haunts the streets, plagued by ...

This is a moment of transition in the Middle East. Iran is weakened. New governments in Syria and Lebanon want to keep it ...

Baghdad, the majestic capital city of the great Abbasid Caliphate. For centuries, the city was a center of culture, learning, trade and religious life. However, in the 1250’s, Hulagu, brother of the ...

The current administration is not simply an aberration but reflects past practices from periods in our history with which ...

I embarked on a life-changing journey to one of the most misunderstood countries in the world: Iraq. For nearly two weeks, my friend Tasos and I, alongside Bil Weekend, explored Iraq’s rich history, ...

In a vibrant Baghdad district, labourers are working tirelessly to repair the centuries-old shrine of a revered rabbi in an ...

An open international ideas contest is being held to rethink Baghdad’s underused main railway station (Deadline: 1 October) ...

The American University of Baghdad has celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students at a campus that was once a ...

The Tigris and Euphrates, which begin their journey in eastern Turkey and flow through Syria into Iraq, have long been more ...