Syria’s parliamentary elections on October 5 raised alarm flags for me on several grounds. First, they were not conducted on the basis of a direct vote. Sixty “constituencies” were established to ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The passengers on the upper deck of bus No. 4 turned their heads in unison to look at the carnage left by the missile attack on the Bab al-Moazam telephone exchange. Many shook their ...

Washington has made preparations to withdraw diplomats from Iraq after warning Baghdad it could shut its embassy, two Iraqi officials and two Western diplomats said, a step Iraqis fear could turn ...

UNDATED - U.S. forces thundered into the heart of Baghdad early Monday, storming a presidential palace and the Information Ministry. British forces in the south made their deepest push into Iraq's ...

BAGHDAD — A dozen masked men jump out of two SUVs and a white pickup and storm a KFC in Baghdad, smashing everything in sight before fleeing the scene. A few days earlier, similar violence played out ...

It is time for Israel and Iraq to come together as a bulwark against the fanaticism that led to Oct. 7.

Little by little, HBO -- yes, HBO -- has carved a niche as the TV home of some of the most compelling programs about the Iraq war. From the gripping 2006 documentary "Baghdad ER" to the epic (if ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Soldiers and officers in Baghdad have a new phrase for a new phase — now they’re fighting the “Three-Block War.” On one block in Baghdad, they say, ...

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: It was 10 years ago tonight that the U.S. and its allies launched Operation Desert Storm, ...

Hannah Allam is having a baby shower. Her son, Bilal, is due in four months. And unlike most baby showers, the guests at this one are more accustomed to donning helmets and flak jackets than writing ...

The Najaf Criminal Court has sentenced an Iraqi man to life in prison for trafficking people to Russia to fight in the war ...