A U.S. Marine Corps M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), in convoy along the streets of An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, on Aug.

U.S.-backed Iraqi troops killed more than 200 insurgents from a religious cult in a weekend battle near the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraqi officials said Monday. A Los Angeles Times reporter in ...

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In 1991, Republican Guard tanks loyal to Saddam Hussein smashed into the centre of Najaf to crush a Shia insurrection that broke out after a US-led coalition expelled Iraq from Kuwait. Today the ...

BAGHDAD, Aug. 2 -- In an agreement brokered by the top Shiite Muslim religious figure in Iraq, rebellious cleric Moqtada Sadr agreed Thursday night to withdraw his militia from a contested shrine and ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – American.-backed Iraqi troops on Sunday attacked insurgents allegedly plotting to kill pilgrims at a major Shiite Muslim religious festival, and Iraqi officials estimated some 250 ...

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The 101st Airborne Division encircled the Shiite holy city of Najaf on Sunday, preparing for a possible door-to-door battle to root out Saddam Hussein's fighters _ but leery of damaging some of the ...

It is said that Abraham once visited the Valley of Peace in Najaf during a time of many earthquakes. When the prophet arrived, the tremors stopped. Abraham eventually settled there, saying a time ...

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Scott Baldauf of The Christian Science Monitor, reporting from Baghdad on the religious significance of the city of Najaf and the ongoing skirmishes between militias ...

Thousands of U.S. troops surrounded Najaf, a key city 100 miles south of Baghdad, and braced Sunday for an urban battle as Iraq warned that 4,000 Arabs suicide attackers had arrived in the country and ...