“This problem might be over, except for those mosques,” said embattled Lt. Col. Pat Whitre, commander of the U.S. military base between Najaf and Kufa. White pointed out that his troops are ...

But he also criticized the Iraqi government for denying that it sent envoys to him to discuss last week's government offensive in Basra. The offensive sparked fighting between security forces in other ...

Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Bashir Al-Najafi received the Italian Ambassador to Iraq, Mr. Nicolo Fontana, at his central office in ...