Jane Arraf

It's been several years since a U.S. commander has stepped foot in downtown Baghdad. But this past week, one U.S. Marine general walked the city streets with his Iraqi counterparts.

For the first time in years, a U.S. general walked the streets of downtown Baghdad with his Iraqi counterparts on Friday.

An Iraqi man walks us through his war-scarred home in Mosul — a home that used to be a synagogue when the Iraqi city had a vibrant Jewish population.

Iraq's new prime minister is trying to signal that Baghdad is safer than it once was, by dismantling walls around the Green Zone government district. But the country still faces considerable danger.

In Iraq, ISIS was forced from cities and towns over a year ago and largely defeated. But U.S. and Iraqi forces are still trying to track down the remnants of the group in remote areas.

Naser al-Shimary, a refugee in the U.S., was deported this year back to Iraq — where he hasn't lived since he was 2 and now fears for his life.

A U.S.-funded conservation project is shoring up the brick walls of the ancient city. The hope is that Babylon will qualify for UNESCO World Heritage status.

Naser al-Shimary was born in Iraq but was brought to the U.S. as a small child. Swept up in an immigration raid, he was deported to Iraq and now faces threats in a land he hardly knows.

The ancient site of Babylon in Iraq has undergone a lot of damage in recent years but archeologists hope it will still get special status.

Book festivals are common in many places around the world. But not in the Iraqi city of Mosul. ISIS controlled it for three years — and banned books, art and music.

In addition to causing shortages of food and clean water, fighting has led to the breakdown of Yemen's medical system. Half of Yemeni children under 5 are chronically malnourished, the U.N. reports.

The 3,000-year-old relief fetched more than $28 million at Christie's, more than any other similar work. But some archaeologists worry the high price could trigger looting of other ancient artifacts.

Iraqi Kurds — close allies of the U.S. — held elections Sunday. They're starting to turn away from old founding fathers to vote for new leaders with different priorities.

The Kurdistan region of Iraq is holding elections for a regional parliament, the first such election in five years.

The United States' closest allies in Iraq, the Kurds, vote for their regional parliament on Sunday, as the old leadership shifts to a new generation with new issues.

Iraqis have been protesting over faltering public services and lack of jobs in Basra, the country's main port city and the heart of its southern oil fields.

Iraq's port city of Basra is a hub of oil wealth but is poor and angry. Protests have continued for weeks over a lack of drinking water and an excess of political corruption — with some blaming Iran.

Unrest in one of Iraq's biggest cities, Basra, has shaken up the country at a time of political instability. Basra is an oil hub, but people are poor and a water crisis has pushed them to the edge.

North Carolina and South Carolina are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Florence. Also, a new poll shows President Trump's approval rating at 39 percent, and an update on unrest in Basra.

Anti-government protesters set fire to the Iranian consulate in Basra, Iraq. Security officials say forces guarding the building withdrew to prevent clashes with demonstrators.