The Iraqi government has budgeted around $382,000 for new conservation work to protect the exposed upper sections of the ...

Restoration work began in May 2026 on Iraq's 4,000-year-old Ziggurat of Ur to combat severe erosion caused by climate change, including strong winds, sandstorms, and fluctuating humidity, as reported ...

Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq. Credit: Kaufingdude / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Iraq is restoring the Ziggurat of Ur, one of the world’s oldest surviving temple structures, using locally made bricks ...

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Restoration work is underway at the ancient Ziggurat of Ur, a monumental stepped temple in Iraq, using traditional methods.

The real story of Zaidi is that he is largely unknown and appears to have been chosen almost by chance, as if Iraq’s politicians simply settled on a random figure to lead the country. Iraq’s chaotic ...

Ali al-Zaidi, a political unknown, has been tasked with forming a new coalition government. Now, he must grapple with growing U.S. pressure to curb Iranian influence over Iraq. By Erika Solomon and ...

The Strait of Hormuz crisis is driving nations’ efforts to develop alternative Gulf-to-Europe trade routes, with Iraq’s $24 billion "Development Road" project at the forefront, analyst says. The route ...

The United States has halted dollar shipments to Iraq’s cash-based economy in an effort to force the Baghdad government to distance itself from Iran. The money comes from Iraq’s oil revenues. By Erika ...

Iraq’s oil exports have collapsed by up to 80% due to the Hormuz disruption, creating a severe fiscal crisis for an oil-dependent economy. A reopened Iraq–Syria border route offers a temporary ...

The United States has halted shipments of US dollars to Iraq and paused some security cooperation programmes with the Iraqi military, increasing pressure on Baghdad to curb powerful Iran-aligned ...

Iraq's parliament voted Saturday to elect Nizar Amidi, a political official with one of the country's two main Kurdish parties, as president, five months after a parliamentary election that didn't ...