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

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

Thousands of people celebrated the Kurdish Nowruz spring festival on Thursday in Dohuk in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time ...

In a lively arena in Baghdad, the crowd roars to the beat of drums — not for a football match, but for mheibes, a spirited, ...

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

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

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 ...