The Iraqi government has put on display hundreds of artifacts recovered from many different...

An Iraqi soldier has fired into a group of US soldiers, killing two of...

BAGHDAD — U.S. and Iraqi officials say four prisoners with links to al-Qaida have escaped from the U.S.-controlled part of a prison in Baghdad. An Iraqi military spokesman, Maj. Gen....

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A 22-year-old man fatally shot by Vancouver police was an Oregon Army National Guard soldier who served 12 months in Iraq, a National Guard spokesman confirms. Spc....

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) ― A 22-year-old man fatally shot by Vancouver police was an Oregon Army National Guard soldier who served 12 months in Iraq, a National Guard spokesman...

President Barack Obama announced the conclusion of combat operations in Iraq and the withdrawal of U.S. forces last week. Contending that he is a president who keeps his promises, Obama is fooling...

Last week, President Barack Obama declared that the US military had concluded its combat role in Iraq. It was a bitter milestone seven years after US troops marched into Baghdad hoping to reshape the...

U.S. combat mission in Iraq was over after more than seven costly years. "Now, it's time to turn the page," he said. But turning the page entirely will be difficult; in fact, the president raised...

If President Obama has the skill and will to drive home the main point of his Oval Office speech, he could become a great president. Simply put, this is the message: The United States needs to wind...

In 1953, after the armistice ending the Korean War, South Korea lay in ruins. President Eisenhower was eager to put an end to hostilities that had left his predecessor deeply unpopular, and the war...

David Brooks writes that progress on Iraq's economic growth, basic security, and political and legal institutions shows U.S. nation building efforts in Iraq have worked. The U.S. venture into Iraq...

With the pullout of U.S. combat units completed, many Iraqis, even those who deplored the presence of foreign troops, are "fearful about what happens" if the U.S. withdraws completely next year as...

The Stryker armored vehicles of the U.S. Army's Fourth Brigade, Second Infantry Division have just rumbled out of Iraq. Their trip from Baghdad to Kuwait was only 300 miles long, but symbolically the...

It was 20 years ago this month that Saddam Hussein, then the unchallenged ruler of Iraq, invaded Kuwait. What ensued was the first great international crisis of the post-Cold War era, one that, in...

U.S. soldiers carry flags during a departure ceremony of U.S. Forces, at Abu Ghraib in Baghdad, August 7, 2010. (Thaier Al-Sudani/Courtesy...

Should the U.S. draw down to a non-combat presence of 50,000 troops by the end of August? The answer depends on the purpose of the U.S. presence and what problem it's meant to solve. The Balkan...

After seven years of war, the United States military is heading for the exits in Iraq. "Make no mistake, our commitment in Iraq is changing--from a military effort led by our troops to a civilian...

The Iraqiya Party, led by Ayad Allawi, emerged from Iraq's parliamentary elections in March with a two-seat lead over the State of Law Party headed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. But Iraq still...

The United States has dug its military into the landscape, requiring enormous sums of taxpayer dollars to maintain its presence. It justifies its Iraq addiction by claiming only its soldiers can...

On Monday, the anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr met with Iyad Allawi, who is vying to become Iraq's next prime minister after his coalition narrowly won parliamentary elections in March.It...

The bad boy of Iraqi politics, the anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, is once again positioning himself as kingmaker--this time in forming a government and the selection of a new prime...

This report offers a comprehensive analysis of the Iraq War's impact on the Middle East as it relates to U.S. policy in the region. The research reported here was sponsored by the U.S. Air Force,...

Iraq's new parliament convenes Monday in Baghdad, nearly one hundred days after the general election. This period has witnessed bare-knuckle political brawls, a vote recount in Baghdad, ebbs and...

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Since the success of the 2007 surge in Iraq, violent attacks have fallen more than 90% and Iraqis have been making steady progress toward stability and democracy. That momentum is now threatened by...

CFR President Richard N. Haass discusses strategies for teaching the Afghanistan and Iraq wars with professors as part of the Academic Conference Call...

Iraq is under U.S. pressure to form a new government quickly in the wake of the March 7 elections that saw two Shiite blocs--Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki's State of Law and challenger Ayad Allawi's...

An Iraqi judicial panel on April 26 disqualified a member of the winning list led by Ayad Allawi for prior ties to the Ba'ath Party. If that ruling stands, Allawi could lose a seat and have his...

A U.S. Army soldier from Decatur died Tuesday while serving in Iraq, according to a friend and family member.Phillip Jenkins was deployed to Iraq in June. His mother was called Tuesday night by...

BAGHDAD -- Gunmen on Wednesday killed an Iraqi TV journalist, the second to be slain in Iraq in as many days, highlighting the dangers media workers continue to face in the country seven years after...

Baghdad is buying American military gear and weapons, which have yet to arrive. U.S. forces must stay to train Iraqis on how to use them, Defense Minister Abdul Qader Obeidi...

Los Angeles Times BAGHDAD -- Some form of U.S. military presence will be needed in Iraq at least until 2016 to provide training, support and maintenance for the vast quantity of military...

New York City should throw a ticker-tape parade up the "Canyon of Heroes" for the U.S. troops coming home from Iraq, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said Wednesday. But with nearly 50,000 ...

New York City should throw a ticker-tape parade up the "Canyon of Heroes" for the U.S. troops coming home from Iraq, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said Wednesday. But with nearly 50,000 ...

Second Iraqi journalist killed in as many daysMosul, Iraq (AFP) Sept 8, 2010 - A second television presenter was killed in Iraq in as many days Wednesday, police said, after a watchdog reported that...

September 8, 2010 Melissa Block talks to Boston Globe reporter Farah Stockman about the return of hundreds of antiquities looted from Iraq that wound up in the U.S. after the U.S. invaded Baghdad...

As of Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at least 4,418 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press...

Photograph by Ali al-Saadi, AFP/Getty Images A statue is displayed at a ceremony in Baghdad on Tuesday to showcase more than 500 stolen archaeological treasures that were returned to Iraq this week....

BAGHDAD — An Iraqi soldier fired a barrage of bullets at American troops protecting one of their commanders during a visit to an Iraqi army base Tuesday and killed two of them, the first U.S....