Later this week, all of Iraq will be under curfew for two days. Borders will be open but somewhere between 43 and 46 million ordinary Iraqis have been instructed not go to work or school this ...

Iraq will impose a two-day curfew in November for the country’s first census in 27 years, officials said. “[The] curfew will be imposed in all provinces of Iraq on November 20 and 21 to conduct a ...

Iraq is holding its first nationwide census in nearly four decades this week, a long-awaited count in a nation that has been blighted by sectarian and ethnic divisions. The census is scheduled for ...

Iraq is conducting its first census in 27 years. The head count could upset a political power-sharing system that was set up to prevent civil war. Later this week, all of Iraq will be under curfew for ...

It's becoming increasingly clear what the moderate Sunnis who have been cheering ISIS's advance want. According to a report in Newsweek, prominent Sunni cleric Sheikh Ali Hatem al-Suleiman told John R ...

For the first time in nearly four decades, Iraq will this week conduct a nationwide census, a task that promises to deliver critical data to guide development and potentially redefine the country’s ...

Iraq is conducting its first comprehensive nationwide census in nearly four decades. The Ministry of Interior announced a two-day curfew for the extensive operation, which will see 120,000 researchers ...

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Judith Yaphe, senior research fellow at National Defense University about the demographic make-up of Iraq, and how that will affect Iraq's future. She says Sunni Arabs ...

The fraught federal relationship between the Iraqi government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government remains a dominant feature of broader Iraqi politics. The issue is not only the default ...

Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah are driving tens of thousands of Lebanese into Iraq — with more expected as the security situation deteriorates. The sudden influx is generating political concerns ...

BAGHDAD – A spokesman for Iraq’s prime minister said Sunday that a security wall is being built around Baghdad but that it is “not politically motivated” or aimed at “achieving demographic change.” ...

Cars drive past Baghdad's Seventeen Ramadan Mosque on November 19 ahead of Iraq's first census in nearly 40 years - Copyright AFP AHMAD AL-RUBAYE Cars drive past ...