The top U.S. general in Iraq said he will make a decision about the future role of American troops in early spring, to allow enough time to address any violence that may arise from January's provincial elections. ...more

December 21, 2008

Iraq expects Washington's reply on proposed changes to a draft security agreement after the U.S. elections, an aide to the prime minister said Sunday. ...more

November 2, 2008

Air Force Capt. Timothy O'Sullivan tried to gather himself. He had just regained consciousness. There was blood. A soldier was asking whether he was all right. He remembered little, sitting in a decimated British Warrior tank near Basra in southern Iraq. ...more

July 12, 2008

An officer -- coping with traumatic brain injury suffered in a blast in Iraq -- accepts a Bronze Star and Purple heart during a ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base. ...more

July 11, 2008

A leading Sunni political party's headquarters in western Iraq was blown up early Thursday morning, and in southern Iraq, where Shiite factions have been fighting one another, a powerful bomb was discovered on the road to an important Shiite shrine. ...more

June 13, 2008

AUSTRALIA - Australia, a staunch U.S. ally and one of the first countries to commit troops to the Iraq war five years ago, ended combat operations there Sunday, a Defense Department official said. ...more

June 1, 2008

Parliament cleared the way Wednesday for provincial elections this year that could give Sunnis a stronger voice and usher in vast changes to Iraq's power structure. ...more

February 14, 2008

Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has sharply reduced his workload in recent months, raising new questions about the health of the aged leader and the prospect of a dangerous power vacuum without a clear and dominant successor. ...more

February 8, 2008

Iraqi Arab lawmakers from rival sects joined forces Sunday to criticize what they claim is overreaching by the Kurds, alleging the powerful U.S.-backed minority's go-it-alone style in oil and other major issues threatens national unity. ...more

January 14, 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