The attacks are part of an escalating cycle of violence between US forces and Iraqi groups aligned with Tehran.

Explosions hit Baghdad after strikes targeted Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah, killing two fighters including a key figure, security sources say.

Iraq's politicians gathered in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss a way out of two months of protests that brought down the previous government, as violence hit two Shiite shrine cities. In Najaf, seat of ...

The slow march to Iraq's capital resumed Thursday as paratroopers and military equipment drifted silently into the north and warplanes pounded Iraqi targets, back in force after a heavy sandstorm.