IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the Islamic State extremist group during its rampage across the country a decade ago.

Tensions have escalated between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the country’s north in a long-running dispute over the sharing of oil revenues. The ...

KIRKUK, Iraq, April 10 -- U.S. Army troops rolled unopposed into this key northern city tonight, securing an airfield and an oil facility after a Kurdish uprising ousted Iraqi forces. Two battalions ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Four Iraqi troops were killed Wednesday and several wounded in an ambush by the extremist Islamic State group, Iraq's Interior Ministry said. The attack came days after the U.S.

IRBIL, Iraq, April 2 -- A battalion of paratroops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade set up a new camp here tonight, moving 40 miles under heavy security precautions from the Bashur airfield where they ...

IRBIL, Iraq — The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups met in northern Iraq on Thursday in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a time when the political upheaval in Syria has left ...