BAGHDAD -- Bombs exploded near five Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killing at least 29 people, in an apparent coordinated attack that targeted worshippers leaving Friday prayers, Iraqi police and hospital ...

BAGHDAD (AP) – American ground forces and helicopters fought with gunmen around a Shiite mosque in western Baghdad before Friday prayers, killing two suspected insurgents, the American military said.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 21 -- Sunni and Shiite Muslim prayer leaders condemned a bombing Friday at a Shiite mosque that killed 15 people during the celebration of one of the most important holidays in Islam.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A car bomb ripped through a crowded mosque during Friday prayers, killing eight people and wounding 26 in the latest attack targeting Iraq's Shiite majority. Frantic worshippers ...

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11. Damaged minibusfrom a separate attack, being hauled away from blast scene on a truck 12. Overturned table, broken chairs, water bottles scattered on the floor inside the restaurant 13. Low shot of ...

BAGHDAD, April 7 -- Suicide bombers stalked through the leading Shiite Muslim mosque in Baghdad on Friday, setting off explosions that killed some worshipers as they streamed out after prayers and ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi forces backed by American soldiers raided one of the country's most important Sunni mosques as worshippers were leaving after Friday prayers — part of a crackdown on militant ...

Iraqi heritage advocates have roundly criticized restoration work on the Zumurrud Khatun Mosque and Mausoleum in central Baghdad. The early 13th-century mosque boasts the oldest remaining minaret in ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraqi forces backed by American soldiers raided one of the country's most important Sunni mosques as worshippers were leaving after Friday prayers part of a crackdown on militant clerics ...

A series of violent events on Sunday point to growing sectarian strife between Shiite and Sunni Muslims. North of Baghdad, 30 bodies were discovered — most of them beheaded — and U.S. forces clashed ...