Al-Ghuraifi, in his 60s, had been a Baghdad representative of Iraq's leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al ... five masked gunmen stormed a Sunni mosque in the same neighborhood and ...

A suicide bomber blew himself up amid a crowd of worshipers at a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 55, police said. The bomber wore an explosive vest ...

in remarks commemorating the bombing of the Samarra mosque, warned that Iraq had no future unless a U.S.- backed offensive against militants in Baghdad succeeded. In the deadliest attack ...

from Baghdad to Timbuktu, was selected as one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post. reason: What was the Grand Mosque siege all about and how long did it last? Yaroslav Trofimov ...

Police said gunmen set fire to a Sunni mosque in Baghdad’s south-western Bayaa ... The country’s top Shi’ite religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, urged Shi’ites not to carry ...

A suicide bomber sets off an explosion during a funeral at a Shiite mosque in Mosul, killing at least 19. In Baghdad, the chief of a police station and two other officers were assassinated.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide car bomber killed at least nine people and wounded 24 others Friday near a Shiite Muslim mosque in Baghdad, police sources said. The bomber in a BMW struck near al ...

The incident happened at the al-Mashahada mosque in the Hurriya district, when gunmen opened fire on worshippers attending evening prayers. Eleven people were wounded in the attack, police said. The ...

BAGHDAD, June 19 — A suicide bomber barreled a truck filled with cooking gas and explosives into a square bordered by a large Shiite mosque in the heart of Baghdad on Tuesday, just as worshipers ...

A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque in northern Baghdad on Friday, killing at least seven people and wounding another 18, police said. The bomber, wearing an explosives belt, struck just ...