Iraq
Remembering RFE/RL’s Fallen Journalists
RFE/RL journalists, often at great personal risk, work to spread knowledge and combat lies to ensure that people even in the world’s most oppressed nations have access to the truth.
RFE/RL Video Journalist Wounded In Mosul
A freelance video journalist covering the battle against the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Mosul, Iraq for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was critically injured in a mortar attack…
RFE/RL Announces Journalism Prize Honoring Slain Baghdad Bureau Chief
One year after its Baghdad bureau chief was slain, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has launched the Muhammad Bdaiwi Memorial Journalism Prize to pay tribute to his career by recognizing…
RFE/RL Mourns Slain Baghdad Bureau Chief
Dr. Mohammed Bdaiwi Owaid Al-Shammari, the Baghdad bureau chief of RFE/RL’s Iraq Service, Radio Free Iraq (RFI), was shot and killed at a checkpoint near his office this morning in…
Radio Free Iraq Turns 15
On October 30, 1998, RFE/RL’s newest broadcast service, Radio Free Iraq (RFI) took to the air. Times have changed drastically for Iraqis since then, but the crucial mission of RFI…
RFE/RL Launches Daily Iran Election Diary
With Iran’s presidential election two weeks away, RFE/RL is publishing a daily blog featuring the twists and turns of the campaign’s final stages.
A Decade of Unbiased News in Iran and Iraq
Despite routine harrassment and abuse from Iranian authorities and a dangerous security situation for journalists in Iraq, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Persian and Iraqi Services have survived and thrived…
RFE/RL’s Baghdad Bureau Wins Journalism Award
The Baghdad Bureau of Radio Free Iraq, the Arabic language broadcast of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, has won the 2008 David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award.
Kidnapped RFE/RL Correspondent Released
A Baghdad correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty missing for nearly two weeks was released by her captors.
RFE/RL Correspondent Missing in Baghdad
A Baghdad correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been reported missing since this morning.