Sifting through the tan dirt of northern Iraq, archaeologists looked at the remnants of an ancient empire’s capital city.

Saturday's meeting portends a major confrontation between U.S. and Iraqi troops and al Qaeda in Iraq militants, who have a strong presence in the diverse, sprawling city of Mosul, the capital of ...

is important to the central government in Baghdad not only because the city’s oil fields provide around 90 percent of Iraq’s budgetary revenue but also because it is Iraq’s major outlet to ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A man claiming to be the leader ... Saturday would ultimately fuel inter-Shiite fighting through Sadr City and other Shiite communities. Intense fighting between Iraqi ...