Oct 22 Watch News Wrap: At Least Seven Dead in Sectarian Gun Battles in Lebanon In other news Monday, at least seven people were killed in violence in Lebanon. Sunni gunmen who blamed the Syrian regime for a bomb that killed Lebanon's intelligence chief clashed with Shiite Muslims on the streets of Beirut and Tripoli. Continue watching
Oct 02 Suicide Bombers Attack Two Baghdad Mosques By PBS News Hour Two suicide bombers detonated explosives near two mosques in Baghdad as Shiite worshippers were celebrating the end of Ramadan, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 50, said police. Continue reading
May 20 Iraqi Army Moves Into Sadr Militia Stronghold By Admin, PBS News Hour About 10,000 Iraqi police and soldiers on Tuesday entered Sadr City in Baghdad -- formerly the scene of weeks of fighting between militants loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and Iraqi and U.S. forces -- meeting little resistance. Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch In Iraq, Violence Falls but Political Gridlock Remains Violence in Iraq is on the decline but sharp internal political divisions continue to hinder the Iraqi government and its efforts to make substantive legislative progress. Two Middle East experts discuss Iraq's political situation and how the government might break… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch Senators Assess Petraeus, Crocker Testimony Army Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker provided their assessment of the Iraq war to the Senate Tuesday. Sens. Joseph Biden, D-Del., and Richard Lugar, R-Ind., give their reactions. Continue watching
Aug 29 Cleric al-Sadr Suspends Shiite Militia for Six Months By PBS News Hour After two days of intense battles in Karbala, Iraq, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered the suspension of his Mahdi Army for up to six months for "rehabilitation."… Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch Blast in Iraq Targets Anti-al-Qaida Leaders At least 50 people, including four tribal leaders opposed to al-Qaida, were killed in suicide bombings in Iraq. John Burns of the New York Times provides an update. Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Militants Attack Shiite Shrine in Samarra for Second Time Suspected al-Qaida bombers destroyed parts of the Shiite Askariya shrine in Samarra on Wednesday, sparking fears of reprisal killings. A wave of violence followed the 2006 bombing of the mosque's golden dome. A reporter in Baghdad describes the latest developments. Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch Iraq’s Diyala Province One of Deadliest for Troops Since November, dozens of U.S. service members have been killed in Diyala, making it one of Iraq's deadliest provinces. Iraqis have not escaped the violence either. Military analysts discuss the persistent insurgency. Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Baghdad Bombings Kill Scores in Worst Violence in Months A series of car bombings killed at least 183 people in Baghdad on Wednesday, striking predominately Shiite areas. A reporter in Iraq gives the latest on the attacks, which marked the worst violence since a security crackdown two months ago. Continue watching