The Taji Market was at the center of the city of Taji. Taji itself was at the center of the Sunni Triangle. The Taji Market was shaped like the letter T. It had a line of garage type stores that ...

I was dreading it. My stomach was in knots. I had been keeping a secret from my parents for months, and Christmas Day was the day I would see them face to face and tell them. This was not unusual for ...

H E WAS KILLED by an Israeli air strike in Lebanon last year. Yet the face of Hassan Nasrallah, formerly the boss of ...

Thousands of Shiite pilgrims have gathered in Karbala, Iraq, for Ashoura, a holy day commemorating Imam Hussein’s martyrdom ...

The holy day is when Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The annual pilgrimage is one of the largest religious events in the Shiite world.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Sunni Muslims from across central Iraq, alarmed by how easily Shiite Muslim fighters had attacked their mosques during last week's clashes, said Monday that they were sending ...

ANBAR - Iraq has officially reopened the Qaim border crossing with Syria for trade and passenger traffic, a spokesman for the Iraqi border authority said on Saturday, marking a key step in efforts ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A prior operation by Iraqi counterterrorism forces in Kirkuk led to the killing of two suspected Islamic State (ISIS) operatives, including a leader in the province, the ...

11 June 2013 Spokesman of the "popular movement" of the protestors in the six provinces of Iraq said on Tuesday, that they have four options to resolve the current crisis, most prominently, the ...

Iraq on Saturday called on the United States to prevent Israeli aircraft from breaching Iraqi airspace to carry out attacks against Iran, citing bilateral agreements and international law.

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt Saturday among U.S.-allied Sunni paramilitaries collecting their salaries at an army base, killing nine and wounding about 30, Iraqi ...