Twenty years ago, on Nov. 7, 2004, a coalition assault force of more than 15,000 troops, mostly Marines, launched a massive attack on the city of Fallujah, Iraq.

FALLUJAH, Iraq, April 29 -- U.S. Marines will withdraw from this violence-wracked city and hand over responsibility for pursuing insurgents to a new militia headed by former Iraqi army officers ...

Seven U.S. Marines and up to 300 Iraqis have died in fighting in Fallujah since Monday. Marines say their progress is slow and dangerous, hampered by fighting an enemy with a better knowledge of ...

US forces have launched air strikes on Fallujah after eight US Marines were killed in weekend clashes with Iraqi rebels in Al-Anbar province, despite claims the insurgency was being defeated.

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq, Oct. 29 -- U.S. Marines are preparing for a decisive battle in the Sunni Triangle area west of Baghdad, where rebels are using violence and intimidation to extend their ...

Senior officers were expected to be members of Saddam's Baath party. The US occupying authority disbanded the 375 000-strong Iraqi armed forces after last year's invasion.

His painting “Operation Phantom Fury — Fallujah 2004” is part of a new exhibit at the museum that opened on June 27 and covers the Marine Corps’ entire 250-year history.

Fallujah has been the scene of the fiercest fighting of the US-led occupation of Iraq, with scores of US soldiers and hundreds of Iraqis killed there this month despite the so-called truce.

An attack on a U.S. military convoy in the city of Fallujah kills seven U.S. Marines. It's the latest trouble in a city that is now firmly in the control of Iraqi insurgents. Hear NPR's Alex ...

Twenty years ago, on Nov. 7, 2004, a coalition assault force of more than 15,000 troops, mostly Marines, launched a massive attack on the city of Fallujah, Iraq. Over the next seven weeks they ...