Bombers destroyed the gilded dome of one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines Wednesday in a provocative assault that roused tens of thousands of Iraqi Shiites into angry protests and sometimes deadly ...

Feb 22 (Reuters) - Militants entered the Golden Mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra at dawn exactly one year ago, setting off charges that destroyed the dome of the revered Shi'ite shrine. The act ...

Suspected al-Qaeda militants blew up two minarets of a revered Shi’ite mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Wednesday, targeting a shrine bombed last year in an attack that unleashed a wave of ...

Iraq’s political and religious leaders were engaged in a desperate effort on Wednesday night to stop the country from sliding into civil war after a huge bomb shattered the golden-domed mosque in the ...

Authorities appeal for calm as a bomb in the Iraqi city of Samarra heavily damages the golden dome of the Askiriya Shrine, a holy site for Shiite Muslims. Edward Wong, in Iraq for The New York Times, ...