Powerful Iraqi cleric calls for early elections as political crisis escalates
Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told followers Wednesday to continue their sit-in inside Iraq’s government zone, and called for the…
Iraqi cleric Sadr’s supporters occupy parliament for second time in a week
Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and occupied parliament on Saturday in a…
Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn Fast Facts
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Iraq War, which was known as Operation Iraqi Freedom until September 2010, when it…
Iraqi officials condemn demolition of 300-year-old minaret in Basra
Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished…
Iraqi protesters storm Swedish embassy in Baghdad over Quran burning
Hundreds of protesters stormed the main gates of the Swedish embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad early Thursday in…
‘Even one American in Iraq is too much,’ Iran’s leader tells Iraqi president
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decried the presence of the US military in Iraq during a meeting with Iraqi…