Odierno tells ABC News the fight in Mosul may lead U.S. troops to stay longer. March 9, 2009— -- Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, said that continuing the fight against ...

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(CNN) — Here’s a look at the Iraq War which was known as Operation Iraqi Freedom until September 2010, when it was renamed Operation New Dawn. In December 2011, the last US troops in Iraq crossed the ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi troops are ready to take control of some cities as a first step toward sending home American and other foreign soldiers, Iraq's prime minister said Tuesday. But he rejected any ...

NIMRUD, Iraq -- Nearly a month into the fight to retake Mosul, government forces pushed Islamic State militants out of nearby Nimrud, home to some of Iraq's richest archaeological treasures. And when ...

The runway of Mosul International Airport in northern Iraq before its reinauguration early on July 16, 2025 [Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP] Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has inaugurated the ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. de-mining company is removing explosives and training Iraqis to dismantle the devices planted by Islamic State in the largest Iraqi city retaken from the militants, a ...

TIKRIT Iraq (Reuters) - Sunni rebels from an al Qaeda splinter group overran the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday and closed in on the biggest oil refinery in the country, making further gains in ...

An Iraqi protester attends a gathering in the southern city to protest against unemployment and a lack of basic services in the southern city Basra on Friday. — AFP Iraqis wave national flags and hold ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Powerful bombs tore through markets in two cities Monday evening, killing at least 35 people and wounding 86, police reported. As the violence continued, a key Shiite legislator ...