http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Euphrates_RiverFind stories, videos, and photos about Euphrates River from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:32:23 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/06/23/simons.falluja/tztop.donna.sovko.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Euphrates_River14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Euphrates River from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/23/simons.falluja/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/23/simons.falluja/index.html#cnnSTCTextMarch 31, 2004, started early for the four men and the convoy they were escorting. Their differences set aside for the time being, the men hopped into their Pajeros and pulled out, heading to the heart of Falluja.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.us.complaint/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.us.complaint/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Army has filed a criminal complaint in Iraq against 12 people suspected in an ambush south of Baghdad nearly two years ago that left seven U.S. soldiers dead, the military said Sunday.Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/09/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/09/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwenty-one decomposed bodies were found buried at a school under construction in Anbar province, Iraqi authorities said Wednesday, and family members say some of the victims were kidnapped two years ago.Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/24/anbar.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/24/anbar.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's Anbar province -- once dominated by Sunni insurgents but now a bastion of tribal opposition against the militants -- will soon be run by the Iraqi military.Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/21/iraq.falluja/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/21/iraq.falluja/index.html#cnnSTCTextSmoke rose from Falluja three short years ago.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextViolence in Iraq's Basra province has dropped by 90 percent since British troops moved their base outside the provincial capital, according to British military authorities.Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:18:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672082,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672082,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOn Scene: A TIME reporter fills a sandbag and tracks his small contribution to the battle in a remote corner of the warTue, 16 Oct 2007 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/02/blackwater.falluja/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/02/blackwater.falluja/index.html#cnnSTCTextKaty Helvenston never wants Blackwater or America to forget her boy. Scott Helvenston was a decorated Navy man who, at age 17, became one of the youngest Navy SEALs in U.S. history. Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/18/iraq.haditha/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/18/iraq.haditha/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Marine Corps has dropped charges against the commander of the Marine company involved in the 2005 killings of Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq.Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. and Iraqi troops have detained 16 people they say are "directly related to the attack" on May 12 in which three U.S. soldiers were apparently captured, a U.S. military official said.Sat, 26 May 2007 08:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/24/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/24/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. and Iraqi troops Thursday continued their relentless search near Baghdad for two missing soldiers, a day after the body of a third U.S. soldier was found floating in the Euphrates River.Thu, 24 May 2007 05:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/20/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/20/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military added on Sunday more U.S. soldiers to the list of those who died in attacks on Saturday, bringing the number of American soldiers killed since Friday to 15.Sun, 20 May 2007 12:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/18/damon.missingsoldiers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/18/damon.missingsoldiers/index.htmlOne of three U.S. soldiers missing after a deadly Iraqi ambush had been chided by his comrades for being "the new guy," and another taught himself Arabic while in Iraq, their platoon leader recalled Friday.Fri, 18 May 2007 16:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/17/soldiers.missing/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/17/soldiers.missing/index.htmlIraqi witnesses say they saw two U.S. soldiers who survived an attack at a checkpoint near Baghdad being led away by masked insurgents to a pair of cars, The New York Times is reporting in its Sunday edition.Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.main/index.htmlA roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol detonated Sunday afternoon in southeast Baghdad, killing two civilians and wounding five others and two police officers, Baghdad police told CNN.Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/28/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/28/iraq.main/index.htmlKidnappers in Iraq have renewed their threat to kill four Western hostages unless U.S.-led forces release Iraqi prisoners, Arabic TV network Al-Jazeera reported Saturday.Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/01/iraq.main/index.htmlAmerican troops are focusing their efforts on the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi to establish stability ahead of the December 15 elections, a U.S. military spokesman said Thursday.Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/07/iraq.haditha/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/07/iraq.haditha/index.htmlWhile the insurgents in Haditha may have faded away for the time being, they left their mark behind.Fri, 07 Oct 2005 08:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.haditha/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.haditha/index.htmlAn eerie quiet was interrupted Wednesday by Marines exploding some of the 32 bombs they have found as they attempt to wrest this Euphrates River town in western Iraq from insurgents.Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/28/iraq.anbar/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/28/iraq.anbar/index.htmlA blue sign with yellow writing stands along the highway leading into Qaim, in Iraq's western desert, warning citizens not to cooperate with the Americans. It is signed by al Qaeda in Iraq. Marines remove it.Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/03/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/03/iraq.main/index.htmlA roadside bomb blast killed 14 Marines and a civilian interpreter Wednesday as they rode in a vehicle near Haditha, Iraq, U.S. military officials said.Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/29/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/29/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. and Iraqi forces conducting a military offensive in western Iraq have detained 13 people and killed an insurgent amid light resistance, the Marines said Wednesday.Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/12/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgents killed 12 people in a suicide car bombing at a crowded Baghdad marketplace and assassinated two top Iraqi security officials Thursday -- the latest incidents in an escalation of bombings and ambushes.Thu, 12 May 2005 07:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/09/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/09/iraq.main/index.htmlAmerican forces have killed at least 100 insurgents and foreign fighters in an offensive near Iraq's border with Syria, U.S. military officials said Monday.Mon, 09 May 2005 07:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/11/blackwater.lawsuit/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/11/blackwater.lawsuit/index.htmlMore than a year after four U.S. civilian workers were killed in Iraq, a lawsuit against the workers' employer is pending as the company and the plaintiffs contest which court should hear the case.Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/27/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/27/iraq.main/index.htmlEight people were killed and at least two were injured Sunday when a bomb exploded inside a municipal building in northern Iraq, multinational forces officials said.Sun, 27 Feb 2005 06:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/26/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/26/iraq.main/index.htmlA major joint operation of U.S. and Iraqi forces continued for a seventh day as troops searched for suspected insurgents Saturday in towns along the Euphrates river in violent Anbar province.Sat, 26 Feb 2005 06:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/25/karma.election/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/25/karma.election/index.htmlThe concept of democracy appears to have taken root in the dusty town of Karma, a predominantly Sunni community of 75,000 people about nine miles (15 kilometers) northeast of Falluja.Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/08/iraq.uk/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/08/iraq.uk/index.htmlA British soldier with the Black Watch Regiment has been killed and two others were wounded when a roadside bomb ripped through the armored vehicle they were traveling in near Baghdad, the British Ministry of Defense has said.Mon, 08 Nov 2004 15:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S.-led forces have started a push against insurgents in another Iraqi hot spot -- the northern part of Babil province -- a couple of days after control was established in the restive city of Samarra.Tue, 05 Oct 2004 06:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/06/iraq.insurgent.videos/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/06/iraq.insurgent.videos/index.htmlIslamic insurgent groups in Iraq are taking an unexpected step to give an inside view of their terror attacks on Westerners by sharing video not only of the assaults, but also of the planning behind them.Wed, 07 Jul 2004 00:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/22/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/22/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. soldiers killed 16 suspected insurgents early Sunday and found a large cache of weapons at a mosque during an operation in the city of Kufa, a stronghold of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mehdi Army militia, military officials said.Sat, 22 May 2004 10:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/20/iraq.attack/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/20/iraq.attack/index.htmlThe U.S. attack on an Iraqi desert village that witnesses said killed dozens of wedding guests was "no accident," but a targeted strike on a safe house for fighters attempting to enter the country from Syria, a U.S. general said Thursday.Thu, 20 May 2004 13:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/19/wedding.party/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/19/wedding.party/index.htmlVideo shot and distributed by Associated Press Television News shows graves being dug Wednesday in western Iraq. Iraqi witnesses tell AP it's the aftermath of an attack by American military aircraft on a wedding party.Wed, 19 May 2004 20:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/29/iraq.flag.designer/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/29/iraq.flag.designer/index.htmlThe man who designed Iraq's new national flag has told CNN he attempted to create a "simple and powerful" design.Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/01/iraq.main/index.htmlTop U.S. officials in Baghdad Thursday decried the killings of four U.S. security contractors in Fallujah, vowed to hunt down the perpetrators and promised to pacify the restive anti-U.S. hotbed.Thu, 01 Apr 2004 10:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/31/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/31/iraq.main/index.htmlAs the date to transfer governing power from the U.S.-led coalition to the Iraqis gets closer, U.S. officials said they expect more attacks like the one that killed four American civilian contractors Wednesday in Fallujah.Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/29/iraq.friendly.fire/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/29/iraq.friendly.fire/index.htmlA report released Monday by U.S. Central Command recommends disciplinary action against a U.S. Marine Corps captain who called in airstrikes on his fellow Marines in the deadliest "friendly fire" incident of the Iraq war.Mon, 29 Mar 2004 22:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/26/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/26/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlThe most powerful Shiite cleric in Iraq indicated Thursday that he agrees with the United Nations that direct elections for an Iraqi legislature cannot be held by June 30, according to local newspapers and political officials.Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/25/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/25/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlA U.S. military helicopter crashed Wednesday into the Euphrates River in western Iraq, killing two crew members, a spokesman for the American-led coalition said.Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:58:00 EST