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Invasion of Iraq

White-gloved hand holds ancient artifact known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet.

Iraq needs to reclaim its cultural past to develop its future, art historian says

Culture

This week, the US agreed to return more than 17,000 treasures to Iraq. Nada Shabout, a professor of art history, joined The World’s host Marco Werman to discuss Iraq’s stolen cultural heritage. 

The ruins of a bombed base in Iraq.

US responds to deadly attack at Iraq base

Conflict & Justice
A man looks at an ancient Assyrian statue of a winged bull with a human head at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad on February 28, 2015.

After more than a decade, Iraq’s national treasures go back on display

Culture
Young Iraqi men gather in Baghdad's Jadriya district every Friday night to "drift" — a form of stunt driving where the driver purposefully skids and partially loses control of the car at high speeds.

Young Iraqis are ‘drifting’ through their country’s crisis

Culture
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has released a new book called World Order.

Henry Kissinger would not have supported the Iraq War if he’d known what he knows now

Global Politics
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Syrian refugees

Syrians who once took in Iraqi refugees find the tables have turned

Conflict & Justice

When the war in Iraq was raging, Syrians came to the help of their neighbors. They took in refugees, in some cases even total strangers. Today, with their own country going through a bloody civil war, Syrian are looking for refuge — many in Iraq.When the war in Iraq was raging, Syrians came to the help of their neighbors. They took in refugees, in some cases even total strangers. Today, with their own country going through a bloody civil war, Syrian are looking for refuge — many in Iraq.

Eric Shinseki has a very American story

Global Politics

The scandal at the Veterans Affairs Health Administration proved to be too much for Eric Shinseki, who resigned on Friday. The World’s Marco Werman talks with national security reporter Bryan Bender of the Boston Globe.

Three U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet fighters from strike fighter squadron VFA-83 Rampagers fly in formation over the desert during "Operation Desert Storm" on 3 February 1991.

How wars end part IV: the Gulf War

Conflict & Justice

The Gulf War unfolded almost without a hitch and unlike Vietnam, the ending seemed clean, but it didn’t take long for that image to unravel.

How a Former US Marine Intelligence Officer Views the Manning Trial

Conflict & Justice

The Manning court-martial has particular resonance with those serving in the military, given his role in intelligence. Anchor Marco Werman talks with Andrew Borene, a former US Marine military intelligence officer about the court-martial and sentence.

Informant who lied about WMDs goes public

Global Politics

Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi is better known by his CIA codename: Curveball. Janabi was a CIA informant whose falsified account of WMDs led the US to invade Iraq. Janabi will make a public appearance in a BBC documentary entitled “Modern Spies.”

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