In a Baghdad arena, a crowd cheers to the rhythm of drums, not for a football match but for a fiery centuries-old game ...

One of the oldest traditions of Ramadan is waking people up with the sound of drums before the pre-dawn meal. Although this ...

As the water disappears, so too does a 5,000-year-old culture. Water buffalo gently glide through shallow water canals that snake throughout Iraq’s southern Mesopotamian Marshes, their black ...

Celebrations filled Iraq’s Kurdish region on Thursday as people gathered to mark Nowruz, the festival that welcomes spring ...

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

Iraq wants to diversify its economy away from oil and toward tourism. Although Western travelers have made headlines in ...

But in 1941, after Iraq’s short-lived alliance with Nazi ... “It’s contrary to all traditions — from the Greeks, the Arabs, the Italians, the North Africans,” Jiji said of his vertical ...

and traditions. Rama's* family was forced to leave Iraq following the US invasion 2003. Living in Baghdad became precarious, and they were targeted because they belonged to the Mandaean community ...

“These actions are rejected, and those on Iraqi soil must respect the law and traditions of its people, and anyone who crosses the line will be handed over to the law,” Miri stressed. Several ...