Iraq's prime minister said Tuesday that U.S. and other foreign troops could begin handing over security to Iraqis in selected cities, although he opposes setting a timetable for the complete ...

Bloody urban combat is one of the Pentagon's biggest worries for the war in Iraq, with the country's two largest cities, Baghdad and Basra, as likely settings for difficult and deadly fighting ...

Fighting in the cities of Iraq has been reduced to relatively low-tech urban warfare. Jeffrey Gettleman, who reports on the war for The New York Times -- and who recently came under fire -- speaks ...

Climate migrants flee Iraq’s parched rural south, but cities offer no refuge As hotter, more-crowded cities become a warming world’s future, Basra shows the perils of a lack of preparedness ...

Iraq's Ministry of Housing announces price for new Al-Jawahiri city at 900,000 IQD/sqm. Sales centers now open for this & ...

The Iraqi government plans to build 60 new communities around the country in an effort to alleviate the housing shortage.

Why This City in Iraq Is Coming Together to Save Its Date Palms 8 minute read Zemen Al Shammari harvests dates during sunset. Sam Kimball ...

Iraq's government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that Iraqi forces cannot cope with the ...

Tens of thousands of pilgrims arrived in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday ahead of Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite ...

Travellers to what was once was the spiritual centre of the world can learn about the region's long and storied history – as well as see the biggest annual pilgrimage on Earth.

Iraq's government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal.

Drought is forcing thousands of rural Iraqis migrate to cities for work, bringing with them their own cultural ideas. This has caused community conflicts, sometimes even violence, in big cities ...