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Despite the lingering scars left by the Islamic State's capture of swaths of Iraq and Syria over a decade ago and the current ...
The remains of 22 Yazidis killed during the 2014 Islamic State (ISIS) assault on their ancestral homeland of Shingal (Sinjar) were laid to rest on Wednesday. This marks the eighth batch of remains ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s oil ministry is “very close” to reaching a final agreement with the Kurdistan Region to resume oil exports, a senior ministry official told Rudaw on Wednesday, adding ...
Iraq is reviving a decades-old vision to send its oil to the Mediterranean, holding talks with Syria on reopening routes ...
Iraq and Syria on Tuesday discussed reviving the Kirkuk–Baniyas oil pipeline between the two countries, according to a ...
BAGHDAD: Iraq and Syria have agreed to study the possibility of reactivating the Banias pipeline to export Iraqi oil through Syrian territory.
Mufid Fawaz Alkhader was arrested in December 2023 after firing a shotgun outside an upstate New York synagogue with dozens ...
The Bulwark's Sam Stein discusses the president's announcement he will deploy approximately 800 National Guard troops to ...
In a quiet corner of Baghdad, gardening volunteer Abdul Karim Abbas is using a mosque-yard-turned-tree nursery to fight one of Iraq’s most pressing threats: desertification. Fiona Jones reports.
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The Fall of Baghdad - Mongol Conquest of 1258

In 1258, Hulagu Khan led a Mongol army to the gates of Baghdad, demanding submission from the Abbasid Caliph. The refusal led to one of the most devastating sackings in world history.
Power has been restored in Iraq, a government official said on Tuesday, after electricity outages hit large parts of the country on Monday.
Iraq and Iran signed a security pact Monday to strengthen border coordination amid political divisions in Iraq and rising U.S ...