Letter from Samarra: At Iraq's Ground Zero, too, ... Restoring Iraq's Golden Mosque in Samarra. Published Aug 24, 2008 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Jul 01, 2010 at 1:41 PM EDT. By Newsweek Staff .

Kerry was referring to the events of Feb. 22, 2006, when members of al-Qaeda in Iraq, a group that later morphed into ISIS, infiltrated Samarra’s al-Askari mosque.

The Golden Mosque following the February 22 bombing (epa) PRAGUE, June 28, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- On February 22, a bomb destroyed a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra, north of Baghdad, setting off a rash of ...

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government plans to establish a military unit to safeguard efforts in Samarra to rebuild one of Shiite Islam’s most important shrines, a move criticized by Sunni Arabs as ...

SAMARRA, Iraq -- The U.S. military on Tuesday handed over the last of its bases outside Samarra, a city billed as a reconciliation success story. Worries linger though that wartime remedies like ...

Iraq bombers hit key Samarra mosque (AP) Updated: 2007-06-14 01:07. Saboteurs blew up the two minarets of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra early Wednesday, in a repeat of the 2006 attack that ...

The bombing of Samarra's al-Askari mosque in 2006 sparked massive violence - and fears are high that a new assault there could reignite the fires. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience ...

BAGHDAD — Another Sunni mosque in the Basra area of southern Iraq was destroyed Saturday, as militant Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to march to the Sunni town of Samarra ...

Shiite Fury Explodes in Iraq; Scores are Killed At least 47 people, some of them prominent Sunni Arab clerics, were killed in revenge attacks in Baghdad in the chaotic 24 hours following the ...

A bomb exploded on Tuesday near the entrance of Samarra's Golden Mosque, site of a February bombing that unleashed a wave of sectarian violence in Iraq, causing little damage, the U.S. military said.