Many experts say Iraq will have some form of elected government within 18 months. That relatively quick timetable, some say, could result in a government that lacks widespread legitimacy and the ...

On a sunny November afternoon, I walked past Gulbenkian Hall, a centre for modern art, which opened in 1962 on al-Tayyaran Square near the Tigris River in downtown Baghdad. A philanthropic initiative ...

Rebuilding Iraq is an enormous task. Iraq is a large country with historic divisions, exacerbated by a brutal and corrupt regime. The country’s twenty-four million people and its infrastructure and ...

MOSUL, Iraq — An Iraqi governor and leading Sunni politician said Sunday that the nation’s “last chance for democracy” could be derailed if the Shiite prime minister keeps his job despite losing to a ...

None of the main political coalitions is expected to win an outright majority, which could mean months of negotiations and more violence despite hopes the balloting will boost efforts to reconcile ...

Iraqis went to the polls on November 11 to vote in parliamentary elections. Preliminary results put the coalition of Iraq’s prime minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, in the lead. But no bloc has won ...

Thomas Carothers of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace addressed the legitimacy of the imposition of democracy by force in a lecture in Dodds Auditorium yesterday afternoon. The Iraq ...

BAGHDAD - Government-sponsored demonstrators, including club-wielding men believed to be plainclothes security agents, attacked pro-democracy protesters in downtown Tahrir Square on Friday and paraded ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In Iraq, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is urging all U.S. citizens to leave immediately, warning Iran-aligned militias may be planning attacks within the next 24 to 48 hours. The warning came after U.S.

Iraqi polling officials count ballots at a polling station after closing of the polls during the country's parliamentary election in Al-Muhandiseen district in eastern Baghdad on November 11, 2025.