Within Iraq’s vast desert, archaeologists have discovered something extraordinary — a battlefield that has been lost for nearly 1,400 years. And they did so using unconventional tools for ...

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A Sumerian palace that was discovered in the Iraq desert could contain the key to understanding one of the first human civilisations, archaeologists have revealed. Since 2015, a team of British ...

Decrying the US presence in Iraq as "illegal," the Islamic Republic's leader claimed it threatened the country's democracy.

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

The mortar that blinded Army Sgt. Major Jesse Acosta hit him in the middle of the Iraq desert on Jan. 16, 2006. He lost both of his eyes and part of his jaw, and suffered traumatic brain injury.

Iraqi officials announced the discovery of a mass grave in the Samawah Desert on Saturday, containing the remains of dozens of victims, mostly women and children, believed to be executed during ...

Besides Baghdad, the western desert province of Anbar and the south-western province of Najaf were also badly affected. Dust storms mostly hit Iraq in the summer months, when they are often ...

Basrah-Haditha oil pipeline to boost crude transport and expand production to 6 million barrels per day by 2028 under the ...