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In a quiet corner of Baghdad, gardening volunteer Abdul Karim Abbas is using a mosque-yard-turned-tree nursery to fight one of Iraq’s most pressing threats: desertification. Fiona Jones reports.
The Bulwark's Sam Stein discusses the president's announcement he will deploy approximately 800 National Guard troops to ...
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The Fall of Baghdad - Mongol Conquest of 1258

In 1258, Hulagu Khan led a Mongol army to the gates of Baghdad, demanding submission from the Abbasid Caliph. The refusal led to one of the most devastating sackings in world history.
Power has been restored in Iraq, a government official said on Tuesday, after electricity outages hit large parts of the country on Monday.
Seth Harp’s new book, “The Fort Bragg Cartel,” goes deep into the forming of the Joint Special Operations Command and its ...
Iraq and Iran signed a security pact Monday to strengthen border coordination amid political divisions in Iraq and rising U.S ...
President Donald Trump on Monday began a federal takeover of Washington, D.C. Speaking from the White House press briefing ...
Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group ” explores this important chapter of Arab modern art in an expansive survey ...
"We doubled up on Baghdad," the president claims. "Panama City; Brasilia, San Jose, Costa Rica; Bogota, Colombia." ...
Former secretary of state was one of several top Democrats to be slammed on social media for opposing President Trump's plan ...
Power was out across Iraq on Monday as scorching summer temperatures pushed electricity grid demand to unprecedented levels, ...
JVL, Sam Stein, and Andrew Egger take on Donald Trump’s latest press conference—part authoritarian cosplay, part surreal stand-up routine.