It’s been just over 20 years since the United States invaded Iraq. Some Americans have largely forgotten about the invasion, despite the fact the Sept. 11 attacks that precipitated it still loom large ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iraq has a rich historical legacy, but it often goes unnoticed due to conflicts. Archaeologists have found a large collection of ...

Iraq holds a clear historical edge over Jordan, boasting 21 wins in 34 official and friendly meetings, compared to just 8 Jordanian victories and 5 draws. This dominance has spanned several decades, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Twenty years after Iraq held its first election in the wake of the U.S.

Written accounts tell the story of the Zanj rebellion—a slave revolt that took place in the late 9th century in southern Iraq. Some of the rebels were enslaved Africans working in various sectors of ...

As U.S. forces advance toward Baghdad, some are headed for the eastern Iraqi city of Al Kut. If history is any judge, that could be a mistake. During World War I, when the British invaded Iraq — then ...

In 1957, a 26-year-old American woman carrying an English-Arabic dictionary and an address in Baghdad boarded a bus in Beirut for a two-day journey to Iraq’s capital. She had grown tired of the ...

"Today the guns are silent. . . . The entire world is quietly at peace." So said Douglas MacArthur in September 1945. Last week, seeing that quotation, now inscribed in stone at the new National World ...

Iraq striker Aymen Hussein's journey to the World Cup is one that could easily have taken a different turn.