Baghdad: US forces claimed success on Saturday in establishing their influence and denying Al Qaida fighters control of Iraq's Diyala River valley, one of the main targets of an American offensive ...

DIYALA RIVER VALLEY, IRAQ — They first appeared about 18 months ago: masked gunmen in speeding cars and scooters that kick up the mud along the canals weaving through lonely villages here. The ...

Map of southern Diyala. Click map to view. Iraqi and Coalition security forces have wrapped up Operation Lightning Hammer, a 12-day security operation designed to eject al Qaeda in Iraq from the ...

The ID badge for al Qaeda intelligence chief Arkan Khalaf Khudayyir. also known as Karrar. Click to view. Multinational Forces Iraq has confirmed it killed a senior intelligence officer of al Qaeda in ...

The insurgents took control of the Diyala River Valley outside Baqubah almost as soon as the Americans deployed elsewhere in Iraq. That was back in November 2006. The streets of Diyala province then ...

ESAIWID, Iraq — With extraordinary secrecy and even a disinformation campaign aimed at their Iraqi army comrades, U.S. troops launched a major offensive Tuesday to drive Sunni insurgents from ...

Around 70 women clad in black abayas fanned themselves in a courtyard at a police station Sunday as Iraqi officials and U.S. troops gathered to celebrate the graduation of the first Daughters of Iraq ...