Adil Abdul-Mahdi

The Iranian-backed Shiite parties that helped propel Iraq's prime minister into power three years ago dumped him Monday as their candidate for…

A joint US-Iraqi force targeted an al-Qaida cell involved in funneling arms and weapons into Iraq from Syria, arresting three people near the…

His legacy forever linked to an unpopular war, US President George W. Bush flew under intense security to Iraq on Sunday where he called the nearly…

The US-Iraqi security pact now before parliament calls for US forces to leave Iraq's cities by June 30 in recognition of an improved security…

US and Iraqi negotiators have agreed on a draft security pact that would govern the presence of American troops in Iraq after January, Bush…

Iraq's presidential council on Friday officially approved a law that paves the way for US-backed provincial elections to be held by the end of…

Iraq's Shi'ite vice president discussed security cooperation with Iranian officials during a previously unannounced visit to Iran, the government…

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised the Iraqi government Sunday for government-led assaults on radical militias, as the top US diplomat…

The fulfillment of the 2002 Arab land-for-peace proposal depends on Israel, Arab leaders concluded Sunday at the end of the annual Arab League summit…

Iraq is refusing to endorse the final statement from the Arab summit in Syria because it does not condemn terrorism in the wartorn country. Shiite…

Coalition jets dropped bombs overnight in Basra for the first time since clashes between Shiite militias and Iraqi security forces erupted in the…

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has decided to skip this weekend's Arab summit amid fighting in the southern oil port of Basra. Two government…

Iraq's Sunni vice president wants President Jalal Talabani to push parliament to pardon security detainees who aren't what he called "dangerous…

Iraq's vice president said Saturday that his country will not be used as a base to launch attacks against Iran or Syria. Adel Abdul-Mahdi said he…

Syrian Vice President Farouk Shara said Saturday his country does not want war with Israel "in the distant or near future."And everything that had…

Four US Marines were killed in fighting in Anbar province, and three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in northern Iraq, the military said…

A sniper killed a Shiite pilgrim on a Baghdad bridge Monday while another was killed and six injured in other attacks as tens of thousands of…

The Islamic State of Iraq, an insurgent umbrella group which includes al-Qaida in Iraq, claimed Friday one of its "knights" carried out the…

The Iraqi vice president unveiled his country's economic and political reform package before nearly 100 envoys at a UN conference, pledging to adopt…

Iraq's Shi'ite vice president narrowly escaped assassination as a blast ripped through a government meeting hall just hours after it was searched by…