The complex history of the Kurdish people, from nomadic tribes to modern-day struggles for autonomy and recognition.

Black Hawk Down is a 2001 war movie directed by Ridley Scott set during 1993's Battle of Modadishu, one of the largest ...

They're the men no country wants. Locked up and accused of being Islamic State fighters, they're considered a threat to the ...

Al-Maliki's order came a day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered to help purge militia members from Iraqi security forces. He criticized the government for denying ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered Thursday to help purge Iraqi security forces of militia members. But he also criticized the Iraqi government for denying that it sent ...

"The attacks by ISIS have doubled," since Assad's fall, a senior Kurdish soldier from the SDF told ... An ISIS fighter in Mosul, Iraq, in 2014. Pic: Reuters An ISIS fighter in Mosul, Iraq, in ...

Francis was admitted to a hospital Feb. 14 after a bout of bronchitis worsened. He later developed a life-threatening case of ...

Efforts are underway to rebuild the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq which was destroyed by the Islamic State (ISIS) ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq is set to open a hospital specialized in cancer treatment in the northern city of Mosul in ...

Sunny with a high of 66 °F (18.9 °C). Winds SSW at 11 mph (17.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 10 mph (6.4 to 16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 46 °F (7.8 °C). Partly ...

Dr. Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian’s Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador at Large and founder the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, has served as the institution's Under Secretary and as ...

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