• ISIS returns to Iraq, and a town confronts a new wave of terror

    ISIS returns to Iraq, and a town confronts a new wave of terror

    Sep 16, 2018 09:46 PM EDT

    ... stay at another house, but still I feel afraid. I fear for my family. I put my family in danger because I cooperated with the Iraqi army. SIMONA FOLTYN: Many civilians around Hawija have resigned themselves to once again living under ISIS. They no longer have faith in their own ...

  • Political instability facilitates resurgence of Islamic State in Iraq

    Political instability facilitates resurgence of Islamic State in Iraq

    Sep 09, 2018 10:00 PM EDT

    ... to fight ISIS, but Ghazi claims that in Suleimania Province at least, they haven’t carried out a single joint operation. Dler Ghazi: if the Iraqi government does an operation today, they only inform us. They don’t invite us to work together. The Iraqi government has completed two operations ...

  • Security forces deploy in Iraq's Basra following violence

    Security forces deploy in Iraq's Basra following violence

    Sep 08, 2018 07:03 PM EDT

    The protests began in June, tapered off, then restarted Monday after a surge in water poisoning cases. Iraq's government has scrambled to meet the growing demand for public services and jobs, but has been hindered by years of endemic corruption and a financial crisis fueled by diminished oil revenues ...

  • ‘The Fighters’ help us understand Iraq and Afghanistan wars

    ‘The Fighters’ help us understand Iraq and Afghanistan wars

    Aug 13, 2018 10:25 PM EDT

    We're not going to be able to make Iraqi or Afghan security forces in a few short years and have them be competent. You don't make an army in a few years, and we tried to if both countries and these units have not faired well, and they ...

  • British Museum to return looted antiquities to Iraq

    British Museum to return looted antiquities to Iraq

    Aug 09, 2018 05:55 PM EDT

    ... identifying and returning looted antiquities to Iraq." "Such collaboration between Iraq and the United Kingdom is vital for the preservation and the protection of the Iraqi heritage," he said. Ancient Mesopotamia — modern-day Iraq — was the cradle of urban civilization, and pre-war Iraq's museums held priceless collections from ...

  • Iraq and Afghan war vets exposed to toxic air struggle for breath -- and a diagnosis

    Iraq and Afghan war vets exposed to toxic air struggle for breath -- and a diagnosis

    Jul 20, 2018 10:35 PM EDT

    Among the more than 2.5 million men and women who have served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are many veterans -- exposed to sandstorms, burn pits and other hazards -- who suffer from a mysterious pulmonary illness, as well as the confusion and doubt that surrounds their condition. The NewsHour's Dan Sagalyn...

  • In Iraq, women whose husbands joined ISIS face severe punishment

    In Iraq, women whose husbands joined ISIS face severe punishment

    Jun 16, 2018 08:33 PM EDT

    ... happening here. JANE ARRAF: Well Hari, so this is one of the leftovers of a very long, very bitter war. Now as ISIS came into Iraq and took over a third of Iraq when it came in in 2014, people flowed in, jihadis flowed in, and with them flowed in ...

  • Iraq's al-Sadr, promising reform, is constrained by Iran

    Iraq's al-Sadr, promising reform, is constrained by Iran

    May 20, 2018 08:50 PM EDT

    ... that Iraq's sovereignty was going to be the new government's "guiding principle." "We warn any other country that wants to involve itself in Iraqi politics not to cross the Iraqi people," he said. However, even as al-Sadr is in position to nominate a prime minister and set ...

  • How Iraq election frontrunner Muqtada al-Sadr tapped widespread frustration

    How Iraq election frontrunner Muqtada al-Sadr tapped widespread frustration

    May 14, 2018 10:45 PM EDT

    A firebrand cleric is leading the vote count after Iraq’s weekend parliamentary election. Results from Iraq's electoral commission show a startling apparent upset by the party led by Muqtada al-Sadr, a former symbol of sectarianism and resistance turned populist politician. U.S.-backed incumbent prime minister Haidar Al-Abadi is running third in most districts. Nick Schifrin reports.

  • Iraqi Shiite cleric gained ground with nationalist voice

    Iraqi Shiite cleric gained ground with nationalist voice

    May 14, 2018 06:45 PM EDT

    ... his role overseeing the military defeat of IS in Iraq, al-Sadr tapped into long-simmering frustration with Baghdad's inability to improve the lives Iraqis far from the frontline fight. "After security improved, (Iraqis in Baghdad) began to notice how shabby the city is and the lack of utilities ...