Hundreds of U.S.-backed Sunni tribesman shut their offices and rallied northeast of Baghdad on Saturday, demanding the resignation of a provincial police chief whom they accuse of sectarian bias. ...more

February 10, 2008

In a daring ambush, insurgents blasted a U.S. patrol with a roadside bomb Monday and showered survivors with gunfire from a mosque in increasingly lawless Mosul. Five U.S. soldiers were killed in the blast - even as Iraqi troops entered the northern city to challenge al-Qaida in Iraq. ...more

January 29, 2008

Representatives of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr met Thursday with officials from his chief rival's party in an effort to cement a tenuous peace agreement the two signed in October after violent clashes between their followers. ...more

January 6, 2008

U.S. forces said they waged successful battles against Sunni and Shiite extremists and announced Thursday they had seized two men possibly linked to the capture of three American soldiers this year. ...more

December 28, 2007

Iraq's defense minister promised Sunday to wage a new crackdown northeast of Baghdad in a volatile province where militants have been driven by the influx of U.S. troops to the capital. ...more

December 10, 2007

An Iraqi government spokesman said Saturday that Iran has shown increasing restraint in its support for militants, echoing recent assertions by U.S. officials and urging both sides to take advantage of the situation to hold a new round of talks on stabilizing his country. ...more

November 18, 2007

The monthly toll of U.S. service members who have died in Iraq is on track to be the lowest in nearly two years, with at least 36 troop deaths recorded as of Tuesday, but the military cautioned it's too early to declare a long-term trend. ...more

October 31, 2007

Two of Iraq's most powerful Shiite leaders agreed Saturday to end a bitter rivalry in a bid to end months of armed clashes and assassinations in the oil-rich south that have threatened to spread into a wider conflict. ...more

October 7, 2007