A Kurdish militant picks his way along a switchback road in Iraq's mountains before pulling over to alert his comrades in a nearby hidden bunker that they are about to have company. After calling from ...

KHANKE VILLAGE, Iraq, August 20 (UNHCR) - Khilid sits cross-legged on a thin piece of carpet, fingering a string of amber prayer beads, a red and white keffiyeh atop his head and dusty gauze covering ...

MONTPELIER The stateside commander of a Vermont National Guard infantry company that has seen three leaders killed in Iraq says the unit isn't being hit harder than others serving in the same area.

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GROUP LEADER, HIWA AZIZ, SAYING: "What we did is support a group of people with disabilities who were previously isolated in their homes and couldn't imagine themselves doing ...

Abandoned sandals and upturned chairs attest to the panic that gripped this peaceful rest spot in Iraq's Kurdish mountains when deadly shelling slammed into it this week.

PKK fighters like senior commander Amed Malazgirt are still based in bunkers in northern Iraq despite beginning a peace process in their struggle with Turkey ...

PKK fighters like senior commander Amed Malazgirt are still based in bunkers in northern Iraq despite beginning a peace process in their struggle with Turkey — Safin HAMID A Kurdish militant picks his ...