At least 20 dead in Iraq violence
At least 20 people were killed and dozens more were wounded in a number of attacks and shootings in Iraq on Thursday, government officials said.
View ArticleOfficial: Iraqi prime minister intended target of car bomber
A car bomber who penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone this week was targeting the Iraqi prime minister, authorities said Saturday.
View ArticleKurdish leader: Clerics 'instigated ... acts of sabotage,' wounding 25
At least 25 people were wounded in northern Iraq in alleged "acts of sabotage" carried out by men who had been "instigated" by Muslim clerics, a Kurdish leader and local security officers said.
View ArticleBombs in Iraq kill 7 Shiite pilgrims
A car bomb and roadside bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims killed seven and wounded dozens on Monday, officials with Iraq's Interior Ministry told CNN.
View ArticleBurned Iraqi boy's road to recovery
Youssif shows off his "certificate of citizenship," an award given to the Iraqi boy by his school in Los Angeles for being exceptionally nice.
View ArticleExxon silent on controversial Iraq oil deal
Exxon Mobil Chief Executive Rex Tillerson refused Tuesday to answer questions about a controversial deal the oil company has signed with the Kurdish government in northern Iraq.
View ArticleFrank Rosenblatt returns to Iraq as a lawyer -- and a new father
Rocket alarms pierced the quiet at Camp Warrior, breaking the concentration of Army Maj. Frank Rosenblatt.
View ArticleOil power struggle as U.S. leaves Iraq
Along the road in the semi-autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan frozen oil bleeds out of the rock face.
View ArticleMore women in combat means more mothers with PTSD
It wasn't until five months after Army Staff Sgt. June Moss returned from the Iraq war in 2003 that her real battle began. The horrors of the war -- witnessing decapitated and burned bodies amid mass...
View ArticleViolence flares across Iraq
Eight people died in Iraq as shootings and explosions targeted judges, security forces and liquor stores over the last 24 hours, police told CNN on Tuesday.
View ArticleWhy the U.S. still can't count on Iraq
Nearly 4,500 American soldiers lost and 32,000 wounded. A trillion dollars of borrowed money to remove Saddam Hussein and create an Iraq that would not only be safe from possessing weapons of mass...
View ArticleIraq's leader becoming a new 'dictator,' deputy warns
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is amassing dictatorial power as U.S. troops leave the country, risking a new civil war and the breakup of the nation, his deputy warned Tuesday.
View ArticleAs troops leave, Iraq wants surge of American business
As the United States completes its withdrawal of all military forces from Iraq by the end of the month, Iraq's prime minister made a pitch to leaders of American commerce and industry Tuesday: Iraq is...
View ArticleIn their own words: 8 lives changed by the Iraq War
Joyous homecomings flash on television screens with the return of troops from Iraq. But away from the jubilation, stories of loss, darkness and ambivalence emerge.
View Article19 stolen royal plates returned to Republic of Iraq
The U.S. Attorney's office has announced the return of 19 pieces of stolen plates and china once belonging to Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi Kingdom's King Faisal II and the Royal Family to the Permanent...
View ArticleI'm grateful my husband served in Afghanistan, not Iraq
A few years ago, when I would tell people that my husband was deployed to Afghanistan, they would often respond with, "Well, at least he's not in Iraq," a comment I always found ignorant and irritating.
View ArticleMuted ceremony marks end of Iraq war
America's contentious and costly war in Iraq officially ended Thursday with an understated ceremony in Baghdad that contrasted sharply with its thundering start almost nine years ago.
View ArticleCrisis plagues Iraq as U.S. troops depart
As the last U.S. soldiers exited Iraq Sunday and debate was raging about the nation's future, political crisis erupted in Baghdad that raised fears of more sectarian strife to come.
View ArticleKey dates in the Iraq war
The last U.S. troops in Iraq crossed the border into Kuwait on Sunday, marking the end of an almost-nine year war. According to the defense department, 4,487 service members were killed in the war;...
View ArticleA new beginning for Iraq?
Iraq is today a shattered society, shaped by two major international wars, bombings, debilitating sanctions, civil war, emigration of millions of its best-educated people, deadly insurgency and...
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