Battling horror of ISIS: Iraq’s bloody crisis up close By Paul Armstrong, CNN ... Iraqi forces extended a pontoon bridge to gain access into the al-Qayyara region. Adam Dobby/CNN.

LATIFIYAH, Iraq -- Sgt. Joshua Haycox steered our Humvee forward at a slow march, carefully keeping his distance from the vehicle ahead and scanning the road for bombs as the Army convoy pushed ...

The images from Tikrit confirm the worst fears: Iraqi forces that retook the city last week have discovered mass graves. When the extremist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS) overran Tikrit ...

On the front lines of Iraqi forces fighting to take back Mosul with ISIS fighters hiding in the rubble. ... “I hope no one in the world will go through our horror and suffering,” Dalal said.

The United States has spent more than $22 billion training and equipping Iraqi security forces since 2004, ... but I do not think it is something scary or popular, ...

The horror, the horror of Iraq, in poetry By Chronicle Staff Writer Jan 5, 2007 Brian Turner, at his home with his book Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 in Fresno, Calif. Turner is a poet who served seven ...

Iraqi Security Forces Torn Between Loyalties. Work for U.S. Leaves Recruits Uneasy. By Anthony Shadid. November 25, 2003 at 12:00 a.m. EST. Share ...

It is clear that Iraqi forces were retreating from Kuwait, ... The next morning, both roadways looked like something out of a horror movie. It was absolute and total destruction.

Thirty-five years ago this week, Iraq invaded Iran and the 20th Century's longest war began. For one soldier it was a hellish inferno, for another the best time of his life.