View CNN’s Fast Facts to learn more about the United Nation’s inspection for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq from 1991 to 2007.

Iraq Body Count, external (IBC) says 4,645 civilians were reported killed in violence in Iraq in 2009, which was about half the level in 2008 and the lowest annual total since the invasion in 2003.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Iraq War, which was known as Operation Iraqi Freedom until September 2010, when it was renamed Operation New Dawn.

6 essential facts about Iraq’s Kurds. This moment demands more than headlines. In a time of noise, confusion, and spin, we’re committed to clarity, truth, and depth — even when it’s hard.

Forces of the regional Kurdish administration secure the area of the Jasana Cave ahead of a symbolic disarmament ceremony by ...

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey have begun laying down ...

The facts tell a different story. The war in Iraq has achieved three national security objectives. Coalition forces ended Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction program, ...

Insurgents in Iraq have kidnapped more than 150 foreigners in their campaign to drive out coalition forces and hamper reconstruction:HELD HOSTAGE— Margaret Hassan, British-born director of CARE ...

As we enter the second half of the campaign year, facts are undermining the Democratic narrative that has dominated our politics since about the time Hurricane Katrina rolled into the Gulf coast ...

Congress: Iraq Facts Before Funds. September 24, 2003 / 9:27 AM EDT / CBS/AP Congressional support for President Bush's $87 billion request comes with a price. ...

Here's my favorite quote of the week: "The question of what was new after 1998 is not an interesting question." The speaker was Condoleezza Rice, and she was talking about the now-confirmed story ...

Private contractors working in Iraq conduct security operations for high-level officials, aid the U.S. military with weapons systems and help Iraq rebuild. But hard numbers about the consultant ...