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Born 965 (possibly) Basra, Persia (now Iraq)

1162, Baghdad – 1231, Baghdad

was an Iraqi doctor and politician

Ali Falih Kadhim al-Zaidi (Arabic: علي فالح كاظم الزيدي, romanized: ʻAlī Fāliḥ Kāẓim az-Zaydī; born 1 May 1985) is an Iraqi banker, businessman, politician, and the current prime minister of Iraq since 2026.

Nizar Mohammed Saeed Amidi (born 8 February 1968) is an Iraqi engineer and politician who has served as president of Iraq since 2026.

Uday Saddam Hussein (Arabic: عدي صدام حسين; 18 June 1964 – 22 July 2003) was an Iraqi politician, military leader, and businessman.

Thaair Hussin is an Iraqi Paralympic powerlifter.

thought to originate in the historic region of Mesopotamia

Tablets found in ancient ruins in Iraq show recipes prepared in the temples during religious festivals—the first cookbooks in the world.

It comes from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), in northern Iraq

Saddam was born in the village of Al-Awja, near Tikrit in northern Iraq, to a peasant Sunni Arab family.

was found in a 1922 expedition in Larsa in modern-day Iraq

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (Arabic: محمد باقر الصدر, romanized: Muḥammad Bāqir aṣ-Ṣadr; March 1, 1935 – April 9, 1980), also known as al-Shahid al-Khamis (Arabic: الشهيد الخامس, romanized: al-Shahīd al-Khāmis, lit. 'the fifth martyr'), was an Iraqi Islamic scholar, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party.

The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu ( BED-oo-in; Arabic: بَدْو, romanized: badw, singular بَدَوِي badawī) are pastorally semi-nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia (Iraq/Kuwait).

They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syria.

Yazidis, also spelled Yezidis ( ; Êzidî), are a Kurdish-speaking endogamous religious group indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in West Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran, with small numbers living in Armenia and Georgia.

The transference in meaning of the term from the learning session to the institution itself appears to have occurred by the time of the Talmudic Academies in Babylonia, Sura and Pumbedita

The technique of lustreware on pottery was first developed in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in the early 9th century.

During the war, 80% of the Iraqi army was engaged in combat with the Kurds.

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Syria (with spillovers in neighboring countries, especially Iraq and Lebanon)

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the Ba'athist regime in Iraq, which was deposed in an invasion in 2003

is an independent national news agency in Iraq, established in 2004

He lived during the time of the Mongol Ilkhanate rule over Iraq and Iran, and significantly influenced the Ilkhan ruler Öljaitü.

The University of Baghdad (UOB) (Arabic: جامعة بغداد), is a public research university in Baghdad, Iraq.

Genetically, domesticated pigeons are closest to a cluster of origins of rock dove in the Middle East, particularly in the Syria – Jordan – Iraq – Arabian Peninsula region but also eastern Sudan, thus encompassing all or parts of the ranges of C. l. gaddi, C. l. palaestinae, and C. l. butleri.

affirmed on Wednesday that the Court of Cassation represents the pinnacle of the judicial system in Iraq and is a symbol of legal stability and the unification of judicial efforts.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid on Monday formally appointed Judge Munther Ibrahim Hussein as the new head of Iraq

The Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT), formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal and sometimes referred to as the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal, is a body established under Iraqi national law to try Iraqi nationals or residents accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes or other serious crimes committed between 1968 and 2003.

Small numbers may also be present in Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, and Syria.

"locality": "Iraq", "source": "Catalogue of Life"

It is found only in the marshes of southeastern Iraq

Its range includes Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Jordan.