Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr. Omar Mohammad, Professor of Middle East History at Sciences Po. Throughout his ...

Iraq has a rich historical legacy, but it often goes unnoticed due to conflicts. Archaeologists have found a large collection ...

A “forgotten Alexandria” on the Tigris is being pulled back into focus by archaeologists using drones and geophysics, revealing what appears to have been a vast, carefully planned metropolis in ...

In the photograph, the man is wearing a dark suit, a light-colored shirt and striped tie. His head is slightly downturned, as if he is carefully watching where he is stepping. And he's carrying a ...

Twenty years after Iraq held its first election in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein and shook the Middle East, a nation home to the cradle of civilization and yet beset by ...

The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ground in soft clouds, carrying a faint scent that seems older than time ...

WASHINGTON – His now-infamous claim that “we will be greeted as liberators" will forever tie former Vice President Dick Cheney to the Iraq War launched soon after his fateful March 2003 remarks. But ...

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