The U.S.-led coalition on Thursday agreed to suspend offensive operations in Najaf after Shiite leaders struck a deal with radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to end the fighting there. That follows the ...

While Kamal, a Shiite, like most people in Najaf, blames the Americans for the fighting in Najaf and for the lack of jobs, he also reserves blame for the Mahdi Army and for Moqtada al-Sadr. "There are ...

NAJAF, Iraq - Diving from clear skies, U.S. attack helicopters swooped low over the rooftops of this central Iraq city on Tuesday, destroying buildings and homes used by Iraqi militia to shoot at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan Bender remembers the moment as if it were yesterday. Taking cover from insurgents, his fireteam had just assembled in the dark ...

On Friday afternoon, shortly after Muqtada al-Sadr gave a Kufa sermon that sounded like a goodbye message, Iraqis were running down the main street near the Tho al Fikar hotel. They were running ...

NAJAF, Iraq — A straight black ribbon cuts through barren land on the edge of town like some sort of surrealist vision: a literal highway to nowhere. The two-mile runway, still bearing skid marks from ...

NAJAF, Iraq – U.S. forces stormed one of the homes of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's (search) in Najaf, FOX News confirmed Thursday. The operation came after troops raided several militia ...

Ripple effects from the ongoing battle for the holy city of Najaf, and for the hearts and minds of Iraq's Shiites, spread across the country on Wednesday. Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric arrived ...

The Islamic Republic plans to set up a pavilion at the event, which is scheduled to be held from October 11 to 14 in the Iraqi holy city, the director of the Iranian pavilion Edris Mazandarani said on ...

NAJAF, Iraq — Nobody seems to remember the new mayor’s name. Not in the spice-tinged bazaars of this old stone city, and not in the crowded streets around its revered mosque. Many have an idea that he ...