Cultural heritage has become a cornerstone of Iraq's post-Saddam foreign policy. But that same heritage can be more divisive at home. The post Iraq's Cultural Heritage Can Be a Double-Edged Sword ...

ISTANBUL — The blows just keep on coming. In Mosul, militants who call themselves the Islamic State late last month blew up the Tomb of Jonah — he who the Bible says survived in the belly of a ...

"Assalamu alaykum, Ahlan wa sahlan, welcome." With these words, Iraqi sheikhs greet a group of marines in a narrow room at the beginning of a training session. The class is part of "Mojave Viper", a ...

Ahmed al-Hayderi performed in a rock band when he was a teenager in Baghdad in the 1970s. Hashim al-Tawil studied painting and became an artist. Those were heady days, a time of diversity and ...

The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and senior leaders from the U.S. and Iraqi governments will gather at the Smithsonian’s National Museum ...

The Mosul Cultural Museum in Iraq burst into global consciousness in February 2015 when ISIS, the extremist, terrorist organization locally known as Daesh, posted videos of its adherents toppling ...

Iraq's Embassy in Ankara has officially received 6 ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets from Turkey in a ceremony, part of ...

A new generation of artists, collectors and educators is tapping into the country’s desire to create and experience art ...

The State's evidence was that Yasir, an Iraqi immigrant, was upset that his former wife, Ibtihal Darraji, had changed her behavior and beliefs in ways that did not conform to Iraqi culture.

A "cultural alliance" of officials and experts met at London's British Museum to discuss ways to preserve and reconstruct what is left of Iraqi's antiquities. Dr Donny George, director of Baghdad's ...

Two decades after US military invasion left it spiraling out of control, a more stable Iraq is beginning to attract international visitors. Here’s what they say about their experiences.