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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide truck bomber sent a deadly storm of metal, stone and jagged plaster through worshippers leaving a Sunni mosque Saturday, killing at least 39 in a possible sign of ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi forces backed by American soldiers raided one of the country's most important Sunni mosques as worshippers were leaving after Friday prayers -- part of a crackdown on ...
The suicide attackers targeted the Sheik Murad mosque and the Khanaqin Grand Mosque in Khanaqin, 90 miles northeast of Baghdad, as dozens of people were attending prayers, police said.
BAGHDAD Suicide bombers struck two Shiite mosques in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens during celebrations marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. To ...
The coalition suffered no casualties, and damage to the mosque was limited to several small bullet holes, an AP photographer on the scene said. In the holy city of Kufa, 100 miles south of Baghdad, ...
The unidentified bomber struck at 8 p.m. in Musayyib, a town about 35 miles south of Baghdad in a largely lawless part of Babil province that has come to be known as the triangle of death. A ...
A truck bomb exploded as worshippers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing more than 70 people and wounding nearly 200 in the deadliest bombing this year.
Three years ago Sunday, U.S. forces entered Baghdad, ending the rule of Saddam Hussein. The past week saw continued insurgent violence, with three particulary deadly bombings.
The mosque attack was the work of "occupiers," or Americans, "and Zionists," said the cleric, Abdul Zara Saidy. In Iran, Shiite leaders echoed the accusation.
A suicide bomber killed 13 people at a Shiite mosque in central Baghdad Tuesday while violence elsewhere in Iraq left four dead, the latest in a protracted surge in bloodshed.
[1/2]Police tape cordon is seen at the site of a bomb attack at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the Baladiyat neighbourhood of Baghdad, Iraq June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily Purchase Licensing ...
A car bomb explodes near a Shiite mosque in central Baghdad, killing at least 78. The blast coincides with the launch of a new operation against al-Qaida in Diyala province. Iraqi Prime Minister ...