"Baghdad is a huge camp, man," says my interpreter, Yousif al-Timimi. "America didn't bring democracy. It brought walls." One morning I take a water taxi out onto the Tigris River with a boatman ...

From finance to medicine, from trade to literature, Jews contributed to every aspect of society. Families spoke Judeo-Arabic, ...

Walls in homes and mosques were decorated with ... Doors and windows were often designed as arches. The River Tigris in Baghdad was used for trade, travel and irrigation (watering crops).

BAGHDAD (AP) — Former Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, known for promoting the rule of law, returned to Baghdad Tuesday for the first time in more than two years despite ongoing security ...