Iraq War

Iraqi Kurdish troops on Thursday encircled Turkish soldiers in northern Iraq and threatened to open fire in the most serious standoff between the two nation’s forces since Turkey threatened late last year to go after Kurdistan Workers Party guerrillas...

Turkey's military has sent 10,000 troops into northern Iraq in a land offensive against Kurdish PKK guerrillas based there, the private broadcaster NTV said on Friday. The military's General Staff said its forces had launched the cross-border...

Military prosecutors say unaired footage of a CBS interview given by a Marine squad leader contains admissions of crimes in an attack that killed 24 Iraqi civilians.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has called his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani and invited him to visit Turkey, said a statement released by Turkish presidential press center Friday.

In the snowcapped Qandeel Mountains of northern Iraq, it's hard to see that the Kurdistan Workers Party — the PKK, as it's known by its Kurdish initials — has been on the U.S. terrorist list since 2002.

Five bodies were found in Baghdad by Iraqi Police today.1 in Palestine St, 2 in Waziriyah, 1 in Tobchi and 1 in Amil.

A Multi-National Force - West Marine was killed in action against enemy forces in Al Anbar Province Feb. 21. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending next of kin notification and release by the Department of Defense.

Iraqi police said on Thursday they had found the bodies of 15 men, including 10 soldiers, who had been blindfolded and shot execution-style in the head.

TURKISH artillery opened fire on suspected Kurdish insurgent positions in Iraqi Kurdistan, with no reported casualties. A spokesman for the outlawed separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Ahmed Banz, said the Turkish artillery opened fire...

Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will have a statement read in mosques at Friday prayer services addressing whether his Mahdi Army will extend a six-month cease-fire that has helped reduce violence throughout Iraq, a Shiite lawmaker said.

Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda suspect and detained 20 others in operations across central and northern Iraq on Wednesday and Thursday, the U.S. military said.

Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is expected to extend a six-month ceasefire by his Mehdi Army militia, two senior officials in his movement confirmed for the first time on Thursday.

With deadly attacks against U.S. targets increasing around Baghdad, anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the possibility Wednesday that he may not renew a six-month cease-fire widely credited for helping slash violence.

Like a stitch across a deep wound, the train between Iraq's two biggest cities reminds people of a more peaceful time before sectarian carnage nearly tore their country apart.

Iraqi army forces fought for several hours with illegal militant groups in different areas in the city of Basra, some 550 kilometres south of Baghdad, security sources and media reports said Thursday.

Four British soldiers suffered minor injuries when their convoy was hit by two explosions near their base in southern Iraq, the defence ministry in London said Thursday.

Australia's new government confirmed Thursday that it would withdraw its combat troops from Iraq by mid-year but pledged strong ties with the United States ahead of landmark talks this week.

More than 180 members of the Kentucky National Guard are heading to Iraq. It's the second trip to the war-torn country for the National Guard's 223rd Military Police Co.

U.S. authorities investigating Blackwater Worldwide security contractors are returning to Baghdad this week to revisit the scene of a September shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead.

A Multi-National Division – Center Soldier was killed when the Soldier’s vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device Feb. 20. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin.