BAGHDAD, March 18 -- A cool, gentle breeze blew off the Tigris River, drifting over the white-washed walls of the Hawar Art Gallery. With his friends, Maher Samarai paused to appreciate the moment, ...

It was April 9, 2003 that changed the geopolitical realities of West Asia: on this day, Iraq's capital Baghdad fell to the US forces within a month after the US invaded Iraq. Who would forget the ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Ali Wahid and his seven friends from central Iraq rolled into Baghdad on Sunday and went on a looting spree. In their oversized orange and white taxi, they took a spin by the ...

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All Things Considered guest host John Ydstie talks to NPR's Anne Garrels about the situation inside Baghdad, where electricity and phone service are cut off. Garrels reports that her movements are ...

BAGHDAD, April 22 -- A former Iraqi exile who claims to be Baghdad's governor insisted today that he would continue acting in that role despite some U.S. officials' refusal to recognize his authority.

Some 46,000 Iraqi refugees returned to their war-torn country last month, a sign of hope that the massive population flight since the 2003 U.S. invasion could be reversed, an Iraqi commander said ...

Approximately one year ago today, I sat upon the granite walls of Northrop Plaza and witnessed an indisputably peculiar scene. A sizable throng of anti-anti-war demonstrators penetrated an anti-war ...

Everybody banners the bloodiest day of the war: U.S. and British units continued to race toward Baghdad, with some units now within 100-miles of the capital, but they also met some stiff resistance.