Students in the course explored the historical context and challenges faced by Iraq’s minority communities, while gaining insights into the principles of cultural heritage preservation and ...

A U.S. Marine uses a U.S. flag to cover the face of a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad on April 9, 2003. Ramzi Haidar/AFP via Getty Images ...

Written accounts tell the story of the Zanj rebellion—a slave revolt that took place in the late 9th century in southern Iraq ...

Iraq history in dried ancient lake Researchers have been exploring Iraq’s Western Desert to decode its geomorphological history and search for traces of early human life.

History As It Happens: The Iraq War, Part One Iraqi civilians and U.S. soldiers pull down a statue of Saddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad, in this April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File) more > ...

Today’s “genocide” accusations against Israel are much like the false accusations against the United States during the Iraq war in the 1990s, with phony statistics playing a key role in both cases.

The U.S.-led effort to bring stability and democracy to Iraq resonates with echoes of recent history. William Beeman is director of Middle East studies at Brown University and has written about ...

He was found guilty of crimes against humanity and was executed on Dec. 30, 2006. The U.S. declared an end to the war in Iraq in 2011, nearly 10 years after the fighting began.

Host Bob Edwards talks to biographer Charles Tripp of the University of London about Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq and how he has consolidated his hold on the country since the 1970's ...

If history is any judge, that could be a mistake. During World War I, when the British invaded Iraq -- then called Mesopotamia -- they were dealt a resounding defeat by Turkish fighters on the ...

On Oct. 23, just 10 days before the election, the war in Iraq will have lasted as long as the 584-day U.S. involvement in World War I, from the April 6, 1917, declaration of war to the Nov. 11 ...

Iraq Tactics Have Long History With U.S. Interrogators June 12, 2004 By Walter Pincus ...