They ruled for 500 years and led the Islamic world into a golden age. Then in a single siege, Baghdad was reduced to ruins ...

Al-Farabi, profoundly inspired by the works of Aristotle and Plato, endeavours to forge a political philosophy that ...

Iraq was once the center of the Abbasid Caliphate and a hub of knowledge until the 15th century. It flourished in trade, ...

The caliph Al-Ma’mun of the Abbasid dynasty in Baghdad put Hunayn ibn Ishaq in charge of the translators at the city’s famous Bayt al-Hikma, or House of Wisdom. By the 900s, drawing from a ...

Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or “Abu Khadija,” was “deputy caliph” of the militant group ... “Throughout history, Baghdad and Damascus have been the capitals of the Arab and Islamic ...

Baghdad is set to receive 200 Iraqi nationals affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS) from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic ...

Over the past three decades, the Arab world has experienced several events that have significantly reshaped its societies, ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and ... Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or “Abu Khadija,” was “deputy caliph” of the militant group and as “one of the most dangerous terrorists in ...

Festival is a reflection of the transformation achieved during Ramadan Eid Al Fitr is not merely the conclusion of fasting ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of the Islamic State ... Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or “Abu Khadija,” was “deputy caliph” of the militant group and as “one of the most dangerous terrorists ...