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6 days ago · Iraq is a country in southwestern Asia. During ancient times, lands that now constitute Iraq were known as Mesopotamia. The modern nation-state of Iraq was created following World War I from the Ottoman provinces of Baghdad, Basra, and Mosul. The capital city is Baghdad.
2 days ago · Joao Silva/The New York Times. By Alissa J. Rubin. Reporting from Baghdad. May 28, 2024, 5:00 a.m. ET. Iraqis have known the bitter taste of war so intimately and frequently over the past 40 years ...
May 16, 2024 · 16 May 2024 Peace and Security. Iraq is a nation brimming with potential but still haunted by legacies of past turmoil, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the country,...
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May 22, 2024 · A comprehensive overview of Iraq's geography, people, society, government, economy, and history. Learn about Iraq's location, climate, natural resources, ethnic groups, languages, religions, and more.
1 day ago · Iraq War, conflict in Iraq (2003–11) that consisted of two phases: a conventionally fought war in March–April 2003, in which a combined force of troops primarily from the United States and Great Britain invaded Iraq and defeated Iraqi military forces, and a second phase consisting of a U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.
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- U.S. President George W. Bush argued that the vulnerability of the United States following the September 11 attacks of 2001, combined with Iraq’s a...
- The Iraq War, also called the Second Persian Gulf War, began on March 20, 2003.
- U.S. President George W. Bush argued for launching a military attack on Iraq. On March 17, 2003, Bush declared an end to diplomacy and issued an ul...
- The U.S. military formally declared the end of the Iraq War in a ceremony in Baghdad on December 15, 2011, as U.S. troops prepared to withdraw from...
May 10, 2024 · Iraq has requested that a United Nations assistance mission set up after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of the country end its work by the end of 2025, saying it was no longer needed because Iraq had ...
May 14, 2024 · An Iraqi commanding officer and four soldiers were killed and five others injured on Monday in an attack by suspected Islamic State militants on an army post in eastern Iraq, two security sources ...
