Track-It Najaf

In the summer of 2003, when the rest of the press corps in Baghdad fixated upon the lives of American soldiers in the desert and the nascent efforts to rebuild Iraq’s government, Anthony Shadid jumped into a white Chevy Caprice and headed south...

Discounted Iranian rials and Syrian pounds pour into Iraq as Western sanctions make trade difficult.

As the US prepared to invade Iraq in 2003, thousands gathered in the streets of Minneapolis to protest the war. Almost 9 years and a destroyed country (Iraq) later, many here have become even more disillusioned with American foreign policy. In...

Followers of Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr also want new elections amid political crisis and fresh violence in Baghdad.

Followers of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr also want new elections amid political crisis and fresh violence in Baghdad.

By United Press International UPI Almanac for Monday, Dec. 19, 2011.

America’s departure from Iraq leaves a shattered country marred by sectarian conflict and political dysfunction, whose future, for better or worse, is in the hands of its people.

America’s departure from Iraq leaves a shattered country marred by sectarian conflict and political dysfunction, whose future, for better or worse, is in the hands of its people.

Officials conducted a modest ceremony in Baghdad days before the last troops’ exit, which will end the United States’ most ambitious and bloodiest military campaign since Vietnam.

NAJAF, Iraq — When a senior Iranian cleric announced last month that he was planning to move to this holy Shiite city to open an office, the furor that erupted offered a glimpse into the future of a complicated relationship. As American troops...