Reflections on a recent visit to Baghdad. Much has changed and ordinary life has resumed in Iraq's capital, but deep ...

Another member of the Iraqi Religious Freedom Roundtable, Amir Mawloud, from Kurdistan, spoke next. The Kurds are a large minority in Iraq, with their own regional government, and he pointed out that ...

Demonstrators protested the constitutional declaration in Qamishli, Syria. Some among Syria’s diverse mix of ethnic and ...

The killing comes as the group has been reconstituting in Syria, carrying out more attacks than at any time since it lost ...

This 50-state snapshot maps current economic and socio-political conditions in our communities and shows where every state can work to build power for everyone. Our name means “the people.” It is the ...

What is the history of democracy in Ukraine? Ukraine has a history that goes back centuries. Aspirations for freedom and justice were often central to its nation-building project, but the history of ...

Iraq has improved slightly in the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual Democracy Index. Rising two places to 126th out of 167 countries, Iraq is classified as "authoritarian", and scores lower than ...

Know about Kirkuk Airport in detail. Find out the location of Kirkuk Airport on Iraq map and also find out airports near to Kirkuk. This airport locator is a very useful tool for travelers to know ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 38 °F (3.3 °C). Cloudy with a high of 62 °F (16.7 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 8 mph (4.8 to 12.9 kph). Cloudy today with a high of 63 ...

The straight lines on maps which delineate states in Africa and Asia are products ... Another British politician, Churchill, dictated the boundaries of Iraq and consigned the Kurds to a political ...

If there is an imbalance, if the law makes it either too easy with too much power concentrated in the government at the cost of citizens’ liberties, democracy ends in tyranny. Or, alternatively, if ...