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# Iraq


## Iraq


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3cf94e3710578441/69b3b778fe7efe3ed4470f03/kc135.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1%2Coffset-x100.00%2Coffset-y100.00)  
Mar 13, 2026  
## [6 U.S. Service Members Killed as Refueling Plane Crashes In Iraq](https://time.com/article/2026/03/13/war-iran-us-israel-refueling-aircraft-kc135-crash/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Miranda Jeyaretnam and Callum Sutherland
* ![Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki leaves after casting his ballot at a polling station in Baghdad during Iraq's parliamentary elections on Nov. 11, 2025.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte43979ae1a03a103/6998cd3683ec3725b7c7b4b4/al-maliki.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 28, 2026  
## [Trump Threatens Iraq Over Leadership Change: What to Know](https://time.com/7358384/trump-al-maliki-iraq-iran-oil/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Miranda Jeyaretnam
* ![Iraq Law Child Marriage](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte70f7e78f5185a63/698a59f9e6e84a5fb02b3475/iraq-law-child-marriage.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 16, 2024  
## [Proposed Bill Amendment in Iraq Could Allow Girls as Young as 9 to Marry](https://time.com/7011752/proposed-bill-amendment-iraq-could-allow-girls-as-young-as-nine-to-marry/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Anna Gordon
* ![IRAQ-BRITAIN-GERMANY-ARCHAELOGY-SENTENCE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6840cda8aaa1e10e/698a443601168230a6983d56/GettyImages-1241139186.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 26, 2024  
## [Iraq Resumes Mass Executions](https://time.com/6589057/iraq-mass-executions-capital-punishment/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Astha Rajvanshi
* ![IRAN-POLITICS-MILITARY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte80da405b2f96195/698a3b4ddb298719ff268d39/GettyImages-1243421174.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 22, 2023  
## [How Iran Won the Iraq War](https://time.com/6265077/how-iran-won-the-iraq-war/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Frank Sobchak and Matthew Zais  
* ![IRAQ-US-UNREST-BAGHDAD](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49f3275d7df2d553/698a3b4647ca38133d3ba9b5/GettyImages-1248021874.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 20, 2023  
## [There Were Many Ways to Die in Baghdad](https://time.com/6264387/iraq-war-baghdad-civilian-deaths/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
* ![Zemen Al Shammari harvests dates during sunset.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7a522ee4af3f057/698a37f6cabb1d3cb5e50ea8/karbala-iraq-green-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 16, 2022  
## [This City in Iraq Is Coming Together to Save Its Date Palms](https://time.com/6232966/karbala-iraq-climate-action-date-palms/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Sam Kimball
* ![Soleimani killing aftermath, Baghdad, Iraq - 12 Jan 2020](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe4caa8275c06be7/698a0944096a94611c6a7a45/Soleimani-killing-aftermath.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 24, 2020  
## [Hundreds of Thousands of Protesters March in Iraq Amidst Growing Anti-U.S. Sentiment](https://time.com/5771459/hundreds-of-thousands-of-protestors-march-in-iraq-amidst-growing-anti-u-s-sentiment/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Kimberly Dozier
* ![Military operation against Daesh in Iraq](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d77226a08f3d139/698a088d4ee2620bf0316e48/GettyImages-1190719613.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 8, 2020  
## [Why Iraqis Are Worried About an Islamic State Resurgence After Soleimani's Death](https://time.com/5761448/why-iraqis-are-worried-about-an-islamic-state-resurgence-after-soleimanis-death/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Vivienne Walt
* ![US-GREECE-DIPLOMACY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb21efd9fa259f500/698a08898fd2ee42be360ba8/Donald-Trump-Iraq-troops.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 7, 2020  
## [Trump Says Now 'Isn't the Right Point' for U.S. Troops to Pull Out of Iraq](https://time.com/5760864/trump-us-troops-iraq/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Bloomberg  
* ![Iraqi parliament decides to expel US troops](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbed5d17d0318e21f/698a085c656a3fa8cebd97a3/GettyImages-1191943372.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 5, 2020  
## [Iraqi Parliament Pushes for U.S. Withdrawal](https://time.com/5759101/iraqi-parliament-vote-for-us-withdrawal/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by W.J. Hennigan and Kimberly Dozier
* ![Trump Campaign Launches "Evangelicals For Trump" Coalition In Miami](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt653999103d204cf1/698a0866011682424497ec9f/GettyImages-1197368623.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 5, 2020  
## [President Trump's Bold, Justified Gamble in Killing Soleimani May Just Pay Off](https://time.com/5759007/trumps-gamble-killing-soleimani/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by David French
* ![selective service war](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe760f164cc11cb6/698a0861656a3fb863bd97b1/selective-service-war.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 4, 2020  
## [Selective Service Website Crashes Amid Fear of Iran War](https://time.com/5758872/selective-service-war-iran/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Madeleine Carlisle
* ![Iranians March Following U.S. Iraq Airstrike](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt914260b63b6d127e/698a084c096a942d896a7881/iran-quds-guard-soleimani-replacement.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 3, 2020  
## [Iran Names New Quds Force Commander Following Qasem Soleimani's Assassination](https://time.com/5758317/iran-soleimani-replacement-quds-force-commander/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Qasem Soleimani Airstrike in Iraq](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0726b50dba0de9b4/698a084b011682082997ec5b/Qasem-Soleimani-airstrike-Iraq.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 3, 2020  
## ['Depart Iraq Immediately.' U.S. Embassy Advises Americans to Leave After Qasem Soleimani Assassination](https://time.com/5758287/soleimani-us-citizens-leave-iraq/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Billy Perrigo

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