In the face of these and other sectarian attacks, Muslim preachers used sermons at Friday mosque services to call for an end to violence.

The suicide bombers attacked the crowded Sheik Murad mosque and the Khanaqin Grand Mosque in Khanaqin, 90 miles northeast of Baghdad, during morning prayers. The police commanders said 74 people ...

BAGHDAD, Jan. 21 -- Sunni and Shiite Muslim prayer leaders condemned a bombing Friday at a Shiite mosque that killed 15 people during the celebration of one of the most important holidays in Islam ...

The al-Nidaa mosque in northern Baghdad looks grand, with clean, modern lines swooping up to a blue mosaic dome. But inside it's squalid, with piled-up mattresses, cooking pots and almost 60 ...

A bomb planted near a Baghdad mosque killed three Shiite worshippers as they were leaving Friday prayers, officials said.

Suicide bombers killed scores of worshippers at two mosques in eastern Iraq on Friday. In Baghdad, two car bombs killed eight Iraqis.

Three years ago Sunday, U.S. forces entered Baghdad, ending the rule of Saddam Hussein. The past week saw continued insurgent violence, with three particulary deadly bombings.

Supporters of Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani pray at a Friday prayer service as a poster urging participation in the coming elections is seen inside the Baratha mosque in Baghdad.

BAGHDAD — Nearly simultaneous attacks against two police stations and a Shiite Muslim mosque killed at least 30 Iraqis here Friday, ending the relative lull in violence in the capital that had ...

Chain-reaction blasts triggered by cars rigged with bombs killed at least 79 people, obliterated dozens of vehicles and sent black clouds soaring into the centre of Baghdad on Monday.