iraq

Over 250 military personnel are going to Iraq. President Obama told Congress today the troops will be supporting U.S. personnel and the embassy in Baghdad. The administration's also said to be considering drone strikes as militant insurgents continue to take over key cities...

Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. is considering drone strikes as an option to combat militant insurgents in Iraq. Meanwhile, a Navy ship with 550 Marines on board is in the Persian Gulf to support Iraq's Shiite-led government as it deals with a Sunni insurgency that has taken over several key city's in the north...

Security at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad was bolstered and some staff members were being moved out of Iraq’s capital city as it was threatened by the advance of an al-Qaida inspired insurgency, a State Department spokeswoman said Sunday...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered an aircraft carrier — the USS George H.W. Bush — to move from the northern Arabian Sea to the Persian Gulf as President Barack Obama considers possible military options for Iraq. Hagel’s press secretary, Rear Adm...

Two years ago, President Obama assured us that al Qaeda and its affiliates had been decimated and no longer posed a risk to the international community. The explosion of insurgency in recent days in Iraq seems to prove that statement wrong.

President Obama says U.S. officials are looking at all options on Iraq, which may be headed for a bloody civil war. In comments at the White House, Obama said some short-term military options may be necessary, including U.S. airstrikes. He called the situation in Iraq an emergency and said nothing has been ruled out...

President Obama is paying tribute to America's military veterans. At Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, the President said the nation comes together to honor a debt that can never be fully repaid. He praised American veterans of all foreign wars, including members of the "9-11 generation" who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Oba...

Iraqi authorities say bomb and mortar attacks across the country have killed eight people, including a judge.

Freetown plans to name a new traffic circle in town in honor of a local navy petty officer who died in Iraq.