Photos show daily life in Iraq’s Basra near Iranian border as war slows trade

In Basra, southern Iraq, daily routines go on under the weight of the Iran war, as workers unload cargo at Umm Qasr Port and operations slow at the nearby Zubair oil field. At the Shalamcheh ...

War disrupts life on the Iraq‑Iran border, isolating families and stifling trade

Fattahi fled to neighboring Iraq in December, fearing arrest over his participation in anti-government protests in Iran. A trained nurse, he was caring for wounded protesters in their homes so they ...

Exiled Iranian Kurds in Iraq say they will return only if Iran’s theocracy falls

Iranian Kurdish families living in a camp in Iraq hold on to one hope: that the U.S.–Israeli war with Iran weakens Iran’s ...