Iraq
Crowdsourcing morality: How an app allows the Iraqi government to arrest ‘indecent’ influencers
Digital and human rights activists say Ballegh’s very existence flies in the face of free speech provisions enshrined in Iraq’s post-Saddam Hussein constitution 20 years ago.
This Iraqi lost an eye in a protest. He's still fighting for 'real democracy.'
4 years later, the legacy of ISIS prevents these Iraqi children from going to school
An Iraq vet grapples with lingering toll of war
Young Iraqis reflect on the US-led invasion, its aftermath and their hopes for the future
Iraq’s revived art scene is helping to heal the country’s wounds
Years of war and violence have interrupted and undermined Iraq’s music scene, with many musicians fleeing the country. But the current relative stability has created a space for its revival.
Iraqi author Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on the 'unbuilding' of Baghdad
Iraqi author Ghaith Abdul-Ahad has a new book called, "A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East’s Long War." It's an ode to a city shattered by war. Abdul-Ahad speaks with The World’s Marco Werman about his childhood home, the cycle of sectarian violence set in motion by the US-led invasion in 2003 and what might lie ahead for the centuries-old, cosmopolitan city.
Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at George W. Bush says his country is still paying the price for the US-led invasion
Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi was thrust into the global spotlight in 2008 after he threw his shoes at then-US President George W. Bush. Two decades after the US-led invasion of Iraq, he says his country is still paying the price.
Citizen pain: Part II
Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into how the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 not only dismantled the government but destroyed an entire nation, forcing a mass exodus of certain ethnic and religious minorities.
Instability in Iraq has created a ‘culture of fear,’ experts say
This week, the announcement of the resignation of a powerful cleric in Iraq sparked deadly clashes in the capital, Baghdad. On Monday, Moqtada al-Sadr said he is stepping away from politics. In response, his supporters stormed the Green Zone.
How wars end: Revisiting our series about one of the most difficult aspects of war
As the US finds itself embroiled in another war, though not with troops, we are reairing our series, "How Wars End," which first ran in 2008.
Iraqi protesters loyal to Sadr storm Parliament building to send message to political rivals, analyst says
Iraqi protesters aligned with Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's political movement stormed the heavily militarized Green Zone and Iraqi Parliament building on Wednesday. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Hamzeh Hadad, a visiting fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations, about the protesters' demands and the political gridlock plaguing Iraq.
'It's a mass ecological crisis': Extreme weather in Iraq hits those already struggling the hardest
About a dozen dust storms have blown across Iraq this year with increased frequency and intensity. Experts say that it's due to climate change, drought and desertification.
Iraq's Yazidis stuck in 'tug-of-war' between regional armed groups
Recent fighting between the Iraqi army and a local militia in heavily populated civilian areas has led to the displacement of an estimated 10,000 people.
Former ISIS member is found guilty in US federal court
El Shafee Elsheikh, a former British citizen accused of taking part in a brutal ISIS hostage-taking scheme, has been convicted in a federal court in Virginia of assisting in the kidnapping and deaths of four Americans between 2012 and 2015.