BAGHDAD (AP) — The US ambassador to Iraq said Saturday that al-Qaida's network in the country has never been closer to defeat, and he praised Prime Minister

BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraqi troops have dismantled Al-Qaeda's network in the northern city of Mosul, regarded by the US as the last urban bastion of the jihadists

Crouching in the shade under the back of a tank, four Iraqi soldiers stir sugar into small glasses of tea as they take a break from guard duty near a row of

The US ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker has claimed that the al-Qaeda's network in the country has never been closer to defeat. Crocker also praised Prime

By HAMID AHMED, AP Writer 11 minutes ago BAGHDAD - Lawmakers loyal to anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accused the Iraqi government of trying to crush the

By Claire Hajaj AMMAN, Jordan, 23 May 2008 – The Baghdad Girls Primary in Iraq’s Sadr City had only been occupied by students for a few months before

An Iraqi man walks past an Iraqi tank stationed in the Sadr City district of east Baghdad on May 22. The movement of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr

FREEBIES: US soldiers give presents to Iraqi children in Baghdad. A US military report says violence in the country is at its lowest level in four years.

By Adrian Croft NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - The US ambassador to Iraq praised Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday for cracking down on Shi'ite militias

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr warned the Iraqi government on Saturday that it was jeopardising a fragile truce,

By Michael Georgy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi soldiers let their guard down after taking over the Baghdad stronghold of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.