NAJAF, Iraq — Iraq’s revered Shiite Muslim leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, brokered a deal for the withdrawal of a radical cleric’s forces from this city’s sacred mosque compound early today, an ...

BAGHDAD — In the aftermath of the three-week battle for Najaf, interim Iraqi government officials Saturday inspected the extensive damage and pledged to undertake major reconstruction efforts. But ...

The precedent for the Najaf deal is of course the U.S. pullout in Fallujah earlier this month, where the Iraqi Army is now in charge of security. The deputy commander of ...

American troops are engaged in fierce combat with insurgents near Najaf, one of Iraq’s holy cities. Why is Najaf considered so sacred? Because it’s the site of the tomb of Ali, the first imam of the ...

NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 13 -- U.S. forces launched a multi-pronged offensive Thursday to drive a stubborn militia from the holiest city in Shiite Islam, as heavy fighting broke out in other cities in ...

BAGHDAD, Aug. 13 -- Eleven-year-old Hadeel scrunched down in the back seat of the car as her family drove through the shooting. She hugged her brother Zaied, 8. The baby, Muntadher, just 18 months, ...

Fighting intensifies in Najaf, as U.S. and Iraqi forces begin a major offensive to crush a weeklong insurgency by militia loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. U.S. forces began the pre-dawn ...

American forces face an unnerving situation in today's Iraq. In cities like Fallujah and Najaf, local militias have risen up to challenge a 21st-century army they view as a foreign invader. President ...

Fighting between U.S. forces and gunmen loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr continues despite a cease-fire deal between the radical cleric and an Iraqi delegation. The Iraqi interim government is demanding more ...