'In Their Boots' series lets veterans call the shots

At one point in the Oscar-winning film "The Hurt Locker," a lone Humvee cruises across the torrid Iraq desert. That scene really irks...

Sunni lawmakers return to Iraq parliament, apologize for walkout

Iraqi lawmakers buried the hatchet Saturday, with public displays of goodwill and apologies over "misunderstandings," as parliament approved...

A day after Iraq's political breakthrough, bloc bolts parliament

Just a day after cutting a deal to end a lengthy impasse, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's main political rivals walked out of parliament...

Q&A: Iraqi Kurdistan leader Massoud Barzani

Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan regional government in northern Iraq, was feeling triumphant. The onetime Kurdish fighter...

At Arlington, 'we all share in the same loss'

It's a perfect autumn Sunday and Chad Weikel is sitting outdoors, having a beer with his big brother, Ian. Chad's beer is resting in the cup...

Iraqi leaders reach agreement on new government

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki appeared to lock up a second term in office Wednesday after a lengthy closed-door meeting of Iraq's...

Top Iraqi political leaders discuss forming new government

Iraq's top political leaders met Monday for the first time since inconclusive national elections in March. But the session, held in the...

Iraq ex-premier sees security deteriorating amid political stalemate

Iyad Allawi, a secular politician who is Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's main rival for power in Iraq, warned in an interview with The Times...

Navy SEAL, 2 others accused of arms smuggling

A Navy SEAL and two other men have been charged with smuggling illegal firearms, including AK-47 assault rifles, from Iraq and Afghanistan...

Yemen branch of Al Qaeda avoids mistakes made in Iraq, report says

Al Qaeda's branch in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, which security officials believe was responsible for last week's attempt to down American-bound...

At least 113 killed in series of Baghdad attacks

Militants unleashed a wave of deadly attacks in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 113 people in Shiite neighborhoods in an apparent bid...

The war the election forgot

It's easy to tell 1st Sgt. Patrick Olechny is away. The freezer is stocked with single-serving dinners. The TV is off and, at...

Iraqi survivors tell of hiding in priests' dressing room amid gunfire, blasts

Around 5:20 p.m., as the Christian worshipers stood and recited "Upon this rock I will build my church," the gunfire started on the street...

At least 7 hostages slain at Baghdad church

Iraqi security forces Sunday rescued dozens of worshipers held hostage in a church by gunmen with explosives vests and stun grenades. As...

Iraqi Jewish documents remain in limbo

A propaganda pamphlet written by Saddam Hussein's uncle and published in 1981 summed up the dictator's attitude toward Jews: It's titled...

Suicide bombing kills 25 in Iraq's Diyala province

A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people and wounded 70 others Friday in Diyala province, a troubled region northeast of Baghdad. The...

U.S. remains silent on Tarik Aziz sentence

A growing number of countries and groups this week have urged Iraq to spare Saddam Hussein's former foreign minister from a death sentence,...

Tarik Aziz, spokesman for Saddam Hussein's regime, is sentenced to death

Tarik Aziz, known worldwide as the international spokesman for Saddam Hussein's regime, was sentenced to death Tuesday for his part in the...

Diyala struggles to overcome sectarian bad blood

Mohammed Husayn Jassim wasn't surprised when a notorious Iraqi police major arrested him on a lonely road outside an American military...

Iraq's high court orders parliament to get back to work

Iraq's highest court on Sunday ordered the country's idled parliament back to work, in a ruling that could help break the seven-month...

WikiLeaks documents give Iraqis a fuller picture of war

To the Iraqis who were there, the revelations from the WikiLeaks organization that the war they lived through was brutal and bloody have...

WikiLeaks documents indicate U.S. forces failed to stop prisoner abuse by Iraqis

A massive leak of classified U.S. documents from the Iraq war Friday details hundreds of incidents in which American troops found evidence...

Iran's supreme leader calls for 'speedy formation' of new Iraqi government

Iran's supreme leader urged the "speedy formation" of a new Iraqi government at a meeting Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, who...