The news: In October 2010, WikiLeaks released a treasure trove of 391,832 classified military documents on the Iraq War. Included in those documents was data on just how many people had died in the ...

So as I was saying…. First, a bit of housekeeping. I’m back at The Atlantic full-time. I’m going to be working mainly on stories for the magazine (I’m thinking of writing something on the case for ...

The offensive of insurgent groups led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (known as Isis) has taken Iraq to the brink of a sectarian civil war. Iraq’s army buckled under the advance last week, ...

When Mahmoud Abbas quit Saturday as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, he blamed Israeli leaders for not implementing their part of the road map and the Bush Administration for not pressing ...

Al Qaeda militants are bombing strategic targets in parts of western Iraq, wreaking havoc on their quest to establish an Islamic emirate. The map below gives an indication of how successful they've ...

The wars in Iraq and Syria have effectively merged into one sprawling conflict, especially in light of the massive blitz across northern and central Iraq by militant group ISIS and its affiliates. The ...

Saddam Hussein’s legacy includes draining Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshland, an integral part of the Tigris-Euphrates River Basin and once the third-largest wetland in the world. Now, the Biblical Garden ...

As this animated map shows, the extremist group now known as the Islamic State has made major gains since early last year with the declared goal of establishing an Islamic empire, or caliphate, in ...

Click and drag the marker to where you think Iraq is on this map of the Middle East. When you drop it, the answer will appear, and you’ll see how your guess compares with everyone else who has played.