Topic: Muwafaq al-Rubaie

DIWANIYA, Iraq, July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. military forces handed over security responsibility to their Iraqi counterparts in a ceremony Wednesday in Iraq's southern Qadisiyah province.

NAJAF, Iraq, July 8 (UPI) -- Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani Tuesday rejected the security deal between Iraq and the United States on the grounds it violates Iraqi sovereignty.

MOSUL, Iraq, May 15 (UPI) -- Local reports from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul describe the area as a veritable ghost town as Iraqi forces target al-Qaida operatives there.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Senior military officials were preparing a new Iraq security plan that was to be announced soon, government spokesman Ali Al-Dabbagh said Sunday.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 21 (UPI) --