Iraq Travel News

The President's FY 2013 Budget for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development strengthens U.S. national security, advances America's economic interests, and elevates America's global leadership through diplomacy and development.

Not so long ago, Syrians worked to send weapons and fighters into Iraq to help Sunnis fighting a sectarian conflict; suddenly, it is the other way around.

Iraq's capital is embracing Valentine's Day this year with a huge public display of affection in what its residents say is the nation's most amorous celebration of the holiday ever.

No baby should be hooked up to a ventilator and a feeding tube, have a tracheotomy on his throat, and be scarcely able to move or talk.

After living here in Fort Worth for about a year, I must say that it is more difficult to find one's way around here than any place I have ever lived.

For critics of U.S. policy, the huge American embassy in Baghdad came to symbolize much that was wrong about Washington's approach to Iraq.

Tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens rallied in Baghdad's Sadr City today to celebrate the withdrawal of US occupation forces, shouting: "Yes to unity, yes to peace, yes to resistance." Tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens rallied in Baghdad's Sadr City today to celebrate the withdrawal of US occupation forces, shouting: "Yes to unity, yes to peace, ... (more)

Deputy Secretary Thomas Nides for Management and Resources today said the United States have a robust diplomatic presence in Iraq.

State Department whistleblower Peter Van Buren writes in TomDispatch today about the escalating retaliation taken against him since he wrote a book about massive reconstruction fraud in Iraq: We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.

A backlash emerged in Russia, Central Asia, China and parts of Africa and Latin America after the Iraq War, expert says Michael McFaul was in the second day of his new job as U.S. ambassador to Russia last month when Russian state television charged he was on a mission to stir up revolution.

Almost exactly a decade ago, I remember producing articles and speeches in which I questioned whether there were actually weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, predicting a prolonged conflict, and suggesting that the Bush administration actually had in mind to use Iraq as a military and political base to promote American power in the region.

MS. NULAND: Happy Wednesday, everyone. I have nothing at the top, so let's go to what's on your minds.

MS. NULAND: Thank you, Operator, and thanks to all of you for joining us. We are pleased today to have with us Deputy Secretary of State Tom Nides to talk on the record about a review that he is conducting for the Secretary on rightsizing the U.S. mission in Iraq.

Iraq's Deputy Interior Minister Adnan al-Asadi speaks to Reuters during an interview in Baghdad February 8, 2012.

Iraq's government intends to impose tough restrictions on private security companies to rein in what amounts to a "giant army" threatening the country's stability, a senior security official said.

As debate about Afghanistan and Iraq rages in the US, and Radio Free America tries to spread free market ideas and encourage democracy in the former USSR and Middle East, it is often left out that experience is the best teacher.

Florence Green, left, on her 109th birthday, in 2010, being presented with a birthday cake in her home in King's Lynn, east England.

MR. TONER: Thank you, and thanks to everyone for joining us on such relatively short notice.

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, housed in a former palace of Saddam Hussein, is the nation's most expensive diplomatic mission.

Less than two months after U.S. troops left, the State Department is preparing to slash by as much as half the enormous diplomatic presence it had planned for Iraq, a sharp sign of declining U.S. influence in the country.