Five large bombs were discovered hidden in the walls of the historic al-Nuri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, a ...

If they had tried to do this a few years ago, the group of Iraqi women enjoying a night out in Mosul would probably have ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)-- "There are the bloodstains on the wall, and here it is dried on the floor," Abu Muhanad said as he walked through a torture chamber in a Baghdad mosque where more than two ...

The operation took place Thursday in Anbar in western Iraq, the officials said. Some of the dead ISIS figures were in ...

The government said the blasts on Wednesday night ... mosque was used by supporters of the Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr. Iraqi parliament orders election recount Anti-US cleric's bloc wins Iraq ...

Heritage advocates have expressed outrage at restoration work on the Zumurrud Khatun Mosque and Mausoleum in Baghdad, claiming it has “ruined” the historic site. The striking brick minaret on ...

More than 21 million Shiite Muslims took part in the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq this year, which reached its peak Sunday with attendees displaying their support for Gaza. Arbaeen, which means ...

BAGHDAD Saturday (AFP) – A wave of bombs targeting Shiite Muslim worshippers at mosques across Baghdad killed 29 people and wounded more than 136 on Friday a month after US troops withdrew from Iraq's ...

Monday night, Iraq's new defense minister, Sadoun al-Dulaimi, announced he was ordering the Iraqi army to stop raids on mosques and churches. The move was expected to ease sectarian tensions and ...

New Zealanders observed the Muslim call to prayer Friday to reflect on the moment one week ago when 50 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques were ... in northern Iraq In our news wrap Thursday ...

They’d drop them at night from planes and we’d find them ... But what happened in Iraq was it became essentially impossible to work unless you embedded with the military, for the simple ...

Afghanistan and Iraq. Muslims now make up around 5.5% of the population nationwide. This growth increases the risk of overcrowding in mosques across the country. And although many of Germany’s ...