Julian E. Barnes

Hundreds of Iraqis paid respects Friday to the slain sheik credited with forging ties between Sunni tribesmen and the U.S. military, and American leaders mulled over the prospects of the...

The size of the U.S. force in Iraq has reached nearly 162,000 troops, the largest American presence at any point during the 52 months of the war, Pentagon officials said...

Congress is poised to approve rules for interrogating and trying suspected terrorists, a key piece of the national security agenda Republicans aim to showcase in their fight to keep control...

A Republican-controlled Senate committee dealt a blow to President Bush's national security agenda Thursday, approving a bill that expands the legal rights afforded to terrorism detainees. The rebuke capped a...

U.S. military officials announced Monday that they had stepped up a campaign against death squads operating in the Iraqi capital, launching 19 raids as sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites...

Three Middle Eastern detainees being held at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, committed suicide Saturday morning, military officials said, becoming the first captives to take their own...