BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military expressed hope Sunday for a diplomatic solution to seven weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City as a fragile cease-fire settled over the Shiite slum that houses nearly ...

In this episode, we step into eastern Baghdad, where Sadr City became the pressure point of the Iraq War and a proving ground ...

BAGHDAD (AP) – An attack against the mayor of Sadr City has created tension in the ranks of Shiite militiamen with some blaming a faction unhappy about cooperation with Americans, a local commander ...

When Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gives an order, his supporters listen. On Tuesday, as many Iraqis lined up to cast their votes for a new parliament, that order was to skip the election entirely ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ambushed an Iraqi patrol in an eastern Baghdad slum Sunday, and U.S. forces joined the 90-minute battle, killing as many as eight ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Fighting erupted late Sunday in a Shiite militia stronghold of Baghdad, and a suicide bomber blew himself up among mourners at a funeral in Saddam Hussein's hometown, killing 10 ...

BAGHDAD, June 29 (Reuters) - Iraq will spend $100 million to rebuild the east Baghdad slum of Sadr City and create jobs for many of its two million residents after years of violence and neglect, a ...

BAGHDAD – An unmanned drone killed two gunmen in Baghdad's embattled Sadr City district, while another remote-controlled aircraft crashed south of the capital, the U.S. military said Tuesday. In ...

(Updates toll) BAGHDAD, Feb 21 (Reuters) - A car bomb killed at least three people and wounded 40 in the Baghdad Shi'ite stronghold of Sadr City on Wednesday, police said. The bomb exploded outside a ...

BAGHDAD, May 11 -- Violence in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City subsided Sunday as a deal took hold to end fighting between Shiite militiamen and U.S. and Iraqi forces. But U.S. military officials and ...

Sadr City residents have come in droves to Baghdad’s protests, driven by anger at the Iraq government’s neglect and fueled by their long history of defiance. By Alissa J. Rubin At least 14 people have ...