Iraqi Troops To Circle Baghdad. May 26, 2005 / 8:06 PM EDT / CBS/AP ... "Next week, we will have a strong and safe cordon around Baghdad like a bracelet that surrounds the hand.

A former Blackwater security guard was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a 2007 Baghdad shooting at a traffic circle that marked one of the lowest points of the Iraq war.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Attempting to curb the escalating bloodshed in the capital, the Iraqi government is planning to dig a series of trenches and set up dozens of traffic checkpoints to control ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — An official invitation to new Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to attend the upcoming Arab League summit in Baghdad has triggered sharp political divisions within Iraq. Al-Sharaa ...

A federal judge Monday sentenced a former Blackwater Worldwide security guard to life in prison and three others to 30-year terms for killing 14 unarmed civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle in ...

THE ground campaign for Baghdad has intensified as US forces clashed with Iraq's Republican Guard near Karbala, 50 miles southwest of the capital.

The people of Baghdad are digging in as American and British forces engaged Republican Guards south of the Iraqi capital. The city's residents have started carving bigger defensive trenches ...

Chaldean patriarch returns to Baghdad after nine months of self-imposed exile amid political dispute ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. and Iraqi officials say a rocket attack at the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has caused minor damage but no casualties. Iran-backed militias in Iraq have claimed ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — A prominent Iraqi Christian religious leader who left Baghdad amid a political dispute last year has returned to the capital at the invitation of the country’s prime minister ...