A U.S. Marine Corps M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), in convoy along the streets of An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, on Aug.

"The Last 600 Meters" is a new documentary that tells the story of the two deadliest battles of the Iraq War. In 2004, U.S. forces fought the Shiite Mahdi militia in the Battle of Najaf against the ...

U.S. forces move closer to one of Shiite Islam's most sacred sites, the Imam Ali shrine in the city of Najaf. Militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr engage in fierce firefights in ...

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Scott Baldauf of The Christian Science Monitor, reporting from Baghdad on the religious significance of the city of Najaf and the ongoing skirmishes between militias ...

BAGHDAD, Aug. 2 -- In an agreement brokered by the top Shiite Muslim religious figure in Iraq, rebellious cleric Moqtada Sadr agreed Thursday night to withdraw his militia from a contested shrine and ...

CAMP ADAIR — The Oregon National Guard held a little-publicized ceremony Sunday afternoon at old Camp Adair to memorialize a 2004 battle at Najaf, Iraq, in which the Corvallis-based Bravo Company of ...

CAMP ADAIR — The Oregon National Guard held a little-publicized ceremony Sunday afternoon at old Camp Adair to memorialize a 2004 battle at Najaf, Iraq, in which the Corvallis-based Bravo Company of ...