To divide the society into ethnic groups, as has happened in Lebanon and Iraq, only increases the risk of violent conflict." ...

argues that no matter what it’s called—“federalism,” “partition,” or even “separatism”—divisions based on ethnicity are unlikely to gain popular support in Iraq. “Iraqis tend ...

Ethnic cleansing on historic scale: the Islamic State’s systematic targeting of minorities in northern Iraq. Two of the deadliest incidents occurred when Islamic State fighters raided the villages of ...

All the looting at Baghdad's Iraq Museum had taken place by the time ... where you can trace the earliest development of human culture—technology, agriculture, art, language and writing ...