Jan Bender remembers the moment as if it were yesterday. Taking cover from insurgents, his fireteam had just assembled in the dark in front of a house in Fallujah, Iraq, when the Marines were ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – American.-backed Iraqi troops on Sunday attacked insurgents allegedly plotting to kill pilgrims at a major Shiite Muslim religious festival, and Iraqi officials estimated some 250 ...

It is said that Abraham once visited the Valley of Peace in Najaf during a time of many earthquakes. When the prophet arrived, the tremors stopped. Abraham eventually settled there, saying a time ...

BAGHDAD, Aug. 2 -- In an agreement brokered by the top Shiite Muslim religious figure in Iraq, rebellious cleric Moqtada Sadr agreed Thursday night to withdraw his militia from a contested shrine and ...

BAGHDAD, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The Iraqi government on Monday released video confessions from followers of a Shi'ite cult arrested after a major battle with U.S. and Iraqi forces in January near the holy ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An informal truce announced Friday brought a tentative end to a bloody, nine-day battle between U.S. troops and Muqtada al-Sadr's Shiite Muslim militia, but thousands of Iraqis still ...

The Last 600 Meters: The Battles of Najaf and Fallujah is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon ...