CAMP TARIQ, Iraq -- The Iraqi military's advance into Fallujah was stalled Wednesday by fierce resistance from Islamic State fighters and concerns over protecting tens of thousands of civilians still ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq — Sanaa Abed has spent weeks in a sweltering tent in a refugee camp, waiting for Iraqi forces to liberate this city from Islamic State militants so she can return home. But the mother ...

Residents of a militant-held city on Baghdad's doorstep began slowly returning on Saturday amid a tense calm, while the UN Security Council backed Iraq's efforts against Al-Qaeda-linked extremists.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty years ago, on Nov. 7, 2004, a coalition assault force of more than 15,000 troops, mostly Marines, launched a massive attack ...

Twice in 2004, the U.S. military fought bitter campaigns to conquer Fallujah, a Sunni city that became a stronghold for former Baathists, Sunni insurgents and al-Qaeda. Alas, rule by the ...

The brutal, month-long struggle for the Iraqi city of Fallujah is over, and Islamic State militants have been driven from the once booming, now beleaguered "city of mosques," Iraqi military leaders ...

NPR — along with seven public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live. We're calling the project "Back at Base." This is the first installment ...