Skeptical of the reports at first, the U.S. military is now certain that Abu Ayyub al-Masri -- the head of al Qaeda in Iraq -- has not been captured, a senior U.S. military official told CNN. The ...

Samarra Rises In Iraq, the restoration of the shattered Mosque of the Golden Dome brings together Sunnis and Shiites in an unlikely alliance ...

This photo taken on March 3, 2025 shows the spiraling minaret of Abu Dulaf Mosque on the outskirts of Samarra, in Salahuddin province, Iraq. Samarra Archaeological City, located about 130 km north ...

Can Samarra, a Sunni-majority city run by Shia militias, be a test case for fixing a broken Iraq?

Inside Samarra: Iraq's holy city that has withstood a decade-long Isis and al-Qaeda onslaught The Shia stronghold held out against Isis despite relentless suicide bomb attacks.

SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Sunlight once again glints off the golden dome of one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines, almost fully restored 10 years after suspected al Qaeda militants blew it up in ...

Hussein Sharifi, a former lawmaker from southern Iraq now fighting with the Peace Brigades, said there were attacks and casualties daily at the front-line 30 km west of Samarra.

UNESCO and Iraq today signed an agreement for the Conservation and Management of the World Heritage site of Samarra Archaeological City, which will start with the restauration of the Great Mosque and ...

By Saif Hameed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has put his militia on alert to battle Islamic State militants for the city of Samarra, home to a Shi'ite mosque ...

Baghdad's envoy to Washington has confirmed that the perimeter of Samarra's al-Askari mosque in Iraq was targeted by Sunni militants ...

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.

On Monday, four mortar shells were fired by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant into the compound of the al-Askari mosque in Samarra, nearly 78 miles north of the capital city of Baghdad.