What makes the difference between multi-ethnic environments that are characterized by peaceful coexistence and mutual understanding, and others prone to conflict and violence? This article aims at ...

Weary of sectarian bloodshed, some Baghdad residents have taken to wearing small gold maps of Iraq around their necks to express their loyalty to a unified nation. Tom Bullock reports many Iraqi flags ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will hold a nationwide census in October, its first in 22 years, mapping ethnic divisions in a survey which could encourage reconciliation or fan the feuds threatening its ...

This report details the Iraqi government’s ongoing campaign of forced expulsion of ethnic minorities from Kirkuk and other oil-rich regions in northern Iraq. Since the 1991 Gulf war, an estimated ...

Since President Bush announced that he would be sending in a "surge" of troops to stabilize the situation in Iraq, two important pieces of information have come out of that country: civilian casualty ...

WASHINGTON — An internal staff report by the U.S. Embassy and military command in Baghdad provides a sobering province-by-prov-ince snapshot of Iraq's political, economic, and security situation, ...