including five Marines slain in the first 90 minutes of a brutal battle with guerrillas on the Syrian border. The most fierce fight erupted in the northern Iraqi town of Husaybah next to Syria ...

Five Marines were killed and scores of insurgent Iraqis were slain in a fierce 14-hour battle Saturday between Marines and mujahedeen fighters who slipped into the town of Husaybah, near Qaim on ...

BAGHDAD — Waving white flags and hauling their belongings, scores of terrified Iraqis fled a second day of fighting Sunday between U.S.-led forces and insurgents in the town of Husaybah near the ...

Troops in Husaybah said insurgents were using the hospital as a battle position. “They say they will rebuild my hospital," Aloosi said of the Americans. “I hope so.” ...

HUSAYBAH, Iraq -- The English was odd, but the meaning of the flier posted on the building just off the busy market street was clear. It warned the U.S. Marines who occupy this city that, from ...