Have any great cities in the world suffered as much continuous violence as Baghdad in the centuries since it was founded in 762? Today, there are daily bombings that kill scores of Baghdadis as they ...

Baghdad, founded in 762 AD by Abbasid caliph Abu Jaafar al-Mansur along the Tigris River, has long been a key hub in Arab and Islamic society. In the 20th century, it thrived as a modern Arab city ...

THEY WERE inspired by activists in America and Britain who toppled statues of Confederate soldiers and 18th-century slave-traders. Their target was 1,000 years older, however. Shia radicals in Iraq ...

Iraqi students walk through Bab al-Wastani on a walking tour of the historic centre of Baghdad — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE An Iraqi professor leading a group of students on a walking tour of Baghdad's historic ...

An Iraqi professor leading a group of students on a walking tour of Baghdad's historic centre invites them to stop and admire a centuries-old stone wall erected to shield the city from Mongol invaders ...