Oil, natural resources, religion and history are all powerful attractions compelling many parties to fight for a hand in Iraq. From the Islamic Caliphates to today's Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ...

The offensive of insurgent groups led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (known as Isis) has taken Iraq to the brink of a sectarian civil war. Iraq’s army buckled under the advance last week, ...

Weary of sectarian bloodshed, some Baghdad residents have taken to wearing small gold maps of Iraq around their necks to express their loyalty to a unified nation. Tom Bullock reports many Iraqi flags ...

The U.S. military map in Iraq in early 2010: Marines are leaving the western desert, Army units are in the former British zone in the south and the overall mission is coalescing around air and ...

Iraq and Syria is no longer exist as coherent, unitary states. By now, followers of events in the Middle East have grown used to maps that show how ISIS, Al Qaeda, the Free Syrian Army, the Assad ...

Al Qaeda militants are bombing strategic targets in parts of western Iraq, wreaking havoc on their quest to establish an Islamic emirate. The map below gives an indication of how successful they've ...

Turkish Airlines resumes flights to Sulaymaniyah, reconnecting travelers to Iraq’s historic Kurdish city and expanding its Middle East network.

Click and drag the marker to where you think Iraq is on this map of the Middle East. When you drop it, the answer will appear, and you’ll see how your guess compares with everyone else who has played.