U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who arrived in Iraq in a surprise visit Saturday, said he doubts U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan will reach the levels attained in Iraq. The Soviets, who ...

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide car bombing killed 14 people and wounded 20 others Sunday in the town of Jalawla, an official with Jalawla police said. Six police officers were killed, and another ...

The outbreak of the potentially deadly disease is thought to be the result of poor water quality, the U.N. officials said. "Local authorities report that over 2,000 people have be ...

Responding to critics who say that al Qaeda in Iraq is not the same group that attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, President Bush on Tuesday shared intelligence information he said links the ...

Story Highlights May and June death tolls for foreign troops were higher in Afghanistan than Iraq 46 U.S. and allied troops died in Afghanistan in June; 31 in Iraq Afghan deaths included troops from U ...

Although the U.S. government would prefer that the Iraqi elections be held on time, a delay would not affect the schedule of troop withdrawal, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Friday. "Would we like ...

Surviving members of an Iraqi family said they are haunted by a murder rampage committed by a gang of U.S. soldiers. They testified Monday in the sentencing phase of a trial, in which one of the ...

Here’s a look at Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Facts Started as an al Qaeda splinter group. Also known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Islamic State (IS). ISIS aims to ...

Yes, the Iraq War was a war for oil, and it was a war with winners: Big Oil. It has been 10 years since Operation Iraqi Freedom’s bombs first landed in Baghdad. And while most of the U.S.-led ...

Iraqi officials have given the boot to CNN Baghdad bureau chief Jane Arraf. Iraqi chief information officer Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf informed newsgathering prexy Eason Jordan of the decree last week.