The rate of sectarian murders in Baghdad, which slowed for a while, is going up again. The Mehdi are not around, but Shiites say they miss them and are now vulnerable to Sunni insurgents. A month into ...

The Baghdad Security Plan is now over one month old since its official announcement on February 14. While it is impossible to judge progress over the course of one month in a complex battlespace such ...

The Baghdad Security Plan is now well into its third week of operation since the official announcement on February 14. Over the course of the last week, Baghdad has seen a significant reduction in ...

BAGHDAD — Cars, minibuses and roadside bombs exploded in Shiite Muslim enclaves across the city Sunday, killing at least 45 people in sectarian violence that defied the Baghdad security crackdown, ...

It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good Morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. If you follow the news this week, you'll have little choice but to hear General David Petraeus' assessment of Iraq. Along with U.S.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 9 -- Fierce street fighting broke out in a predominantly Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Baghdad Tuesday between the Iraqi army, supported by U.S. troops, and insurgents firing guns and ...

Aug. 4 (UPI) --A former Blackwater Worldwide security guard sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of at least 14 unarmed Iraqis in Baghdad in 2007 won a new trial Friday. The U.S. Court of ...

WASHINGTON | Four former Blackwater security guards were convicted Wednesday in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad, an incident that inflamed anti-American sentiment around the globe ...

A former Blackwater security guard was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday for his role in the 2007 shooting of several unarmed Iraqi civilians, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the ...

I completed the next leg of my journey today with a quick flight to Baghdad International Airport (or BIAP, as it is called here). Prior to departing the U.S., I was regaled with stories about ...