Iraq
The U.S. military has withdrawn on schedule, but many issues remain unresolved in Iraq. These range from massive numbers of displaced people to lingering sectarian conflict.
Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights Pulitzer Center reporting projects on Belarus, Europe's last dictatorship, and Iraq.
Almost 2 million Iraqis have been displaced. The government maintains that the situation is improving, but sectarian violence persists and many feel it is unsafe to return home.
In October, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki ordered all the Kurdish flags to be taken down in Khanaqin, a city with a largely Kurdish population. That only caused a proliferation of Kurdish flags...
The Iraqi government has cut food rations, upsetting many citizens who rely on government support to feed their families.
A ceasefire between Iran and the Kurdish rebel group PJAK went into effect on Sept. 5. But villagers in Iraq, displaced by years of fighting, said they are not convinced it will last.
Sectarian tensions are still running high in Iraq. David Enders reports from the "Baghdad Belt" on the state of Iraq as US troops prepare to withdraw.
Pulitzer grantee David Enders shares his thoughts on religious reconciliation at a conference in Baghdad—a scenario that would have been highly unlikely three years ago.
Iraq has one of the worst displacement problems in the world--more than 1.3 million people remain displaced and many Kurdish refugees say the government has done nothing to help them.
Feeling cheated by Kuwait, abandoned by Baghdad, and betrayed by Washington, Iraq's oil-rich city of Basra in southern Iraq is turning to Iran.
Through poetry, Pulitzer Center grantee David Enders considers the danger he faces as a journalist in Iraq where security resides "only in your head."
Muqtada al Sadr, an outspoken Shiite cleric and staunch foe of the U.S., has consolidated his power in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City and become a political kingmaker in Iraq.
As Iraqis prepare to travel to Mecca for the annual pilgrimage, a small village on the road to Saudi Arabia has become a major source of tension.