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  • As Israel prepares for Gaza ground invasion, U.S. shares hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria

    As Israel prepares for Gaza ground invasion, U.S. shares hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria

    Oct 25, 2023 06:28 PM EDT

    ... those seen in Raqqa. Militarily, he said, Israel is seeing a more sophisticated and better armed opponent than the Islamic State was in Syria and Iraq.“There’s a difference between being dug in, going to ground and what we are seeing in Gaza, which is an underground architecture that ...

  • Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militant targets in Iraq after Ankara attack

    Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militant targets in Iraq after Ankara attack

    Oct 01, 2023 05:42 PM EDT

    Turkish warplanes carried out airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq on Sunday following a suicide attack on a government building in the Turkish capital, Turkey's defense ministry announced.

  • Around 100 people are dead and 150 injured at a fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq

    Around 100 people are dead and 150 injured at a fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq

    Sep 27, 2023 02:49 PM EDT

    ... in every sense of the word." The number of Christians in Iraq today is estimated at 150,000, compared to 1.5 million in 2003. Iraq's total population is more than 40 million. Over the past two decades, Iraq's Christian minority has been violently targeted by extremists first ...

  • Princeton student’s sister urges action months after suspected abduction by Iraqi militia

    Princeton student’s sister urges action months after suspected abduction by Iraqi militia

    Sep 15, 2023 10:35 PM EDT

    ... represents the district I live in California, and Senators Menendez and Booker, in which they ask the State Department to do more to get the Iraqi government to intervene and do more to free my sister. But it seems that, so far, everyone is passing the buck. Everyone wants to ...

  • Diplomatic crisis erupts between Iraq and Sweden over Iraqi man who desecrated the Quran

    Diplomatic crisis erupts between Iraq and Sweden over Iraqi man who desecrated the Quran

    Jul 20, 2023 04:36 PM EDT

    ... Quran burning. Another day of protests saw thousands of demonstrators on the streets in the country. Protesters then, as well as early Thursday, called on Iraqi officials to expel Sweden's ambassador to Iraq. WATCH: Iraq’s younger generations feel shut out of the economy and political process Al-Sadr ...

  • Iraq's younger generations feel shut out of the economy and political process

    Iraq's younger generations feel shut out of the economy and political process

    Apr 07, 2023 10:35 PM EDT

    ... get better.Simona Foltyn: From Shia to Sunni to Kurdish areas of the country, much of the post-2003 generation feels Iraq's elites have failed them, eroding the legitimacy of the political system that the United States helped install. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Simona Foltyn in Iraq.

  • Blast at north Iraqi airport raises tension in Kurdish region

    Blast at north Iraqi airport raises tension in Kurdish region

    Apr 07, 2023 09:35 PM EDT

    WATCH: What it means to be Iraqi, 20 years after the U.S. invasion However, a statement from the Iraqi Kurdish regional government appeared to blame local authorities in Suleimaniyah, which it accused of provoking an “attack” on the airport and using “government institutions” for "illegal activities.” The regional government ...

  • Reporters who covered U.S. invasion of Iraq reflect on impact of war

    Reporters who covered U.S. invasion of Iraq reflect on impact of war

    Apr 05, 2023 10:30 PM EDT

    ... journalists, also with the legacy of that war.Nick Schifrin: And, Salwan, you get the last word on that legacy. What is the legacy for Iraqis of a war whose very premise was disproven? Salwan Georges: That's a hard one. The legacy have really changed the life of Iraqis ...

  • Former president of Iraq reflects on U.S. invasion 20 years later

    Former president of Iraq reflects on U.S. invasion 20 years later

    Apr 03, 2023 10:30 PM EDT

    ... the region. Do you sometimes feel that Iraq is caught in the middle and that its interests are drowned out by geopolitical conflict? Barham Salih: Iraq -- Iraq is definitely caught in the middle. Iraq is very much a key area for regional balances and dynamics, has always been, will always ...

  • New film 'Nine Parts' explores lives of Iraqi women after U.S. invasion

    New film 'Nine Parts' explores lives of Iraqi women after U.S. invasion

    Mar 30, 2023 10:25 PM EDT

    Can you ski without risk? Actress: I always land on my feet. Jeffrey Brown: Iraq, she says, could be a bellwether for the U.S. Heather Raffo: Everything bounces back, the market, the weather. It will all bounce back. Jeffrey Brown: Unless we address where we are 20 years later ...

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