An accurate count of women and girl victims of sexual violence is almost impossible to achieve since many victims do not report such cases or even seek medical attention. In addition, the breakdown in ...

BAGHDAD — They have come, just over the southern horizon. No one in the city has seen them yet, but the steady drumroll of bombs, the steady thunder of artillery and the impunity with which allied ...

BAGHDAD, March 18 -- A cool, gentle breeze blew off the Tigris River, drifting over the white-washed walls of the Hawar Art Gallery. With his friends, Maher Samarai paused to appreciate the moment, ...

BAGHDAD, Sunday evening—Today, for the first time, the bombs fell and the missiles struck in daylight. The assault lasted all day. And it came not only from long-range missiles but from coalition ...

While there can be no doubt that the reasons why many rapes go unreported include cultural attitudes and long-term institutional issues, the current breakdown in the policing and security system has ...

Baghdad, Iraq, April 9, 2003: Marines of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines cut the Iraqi flag from a pole in front of a Special Republican Guard headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. The crossing into ...

There are two Baghdads and both are important although one is insubstantial. The Baghdad in the bombsights (concrete highways, parking lots, sprawling suburbs, smog) is a drab big city, hotter than ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

U.S. forces and insurgent fighters traded deadly blows Wednesday, with each side using its weapons of choice: air and artillery power for the Americans, and roadside bombs for their shadowy enemy. U.S ...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited Iraq to mark the end of the political mission established in 2003 in the ...

Reporting from Baghdad — For weeks now, Capt. Ghassan Ghani and his team of workers, cranes and long-bed trucks have stripped away what has been a fixture of this city since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion ...

The Baghdad blogger is back. After nearly six weeks offline -- a break that many thought bore bad tidings for Salam Pax -- the pseudonymous weblogger has returned with nearly two months' worth of ...