U.S. Failures in Iraq Expose the Dangers of Trump’s War on the ‘Deep State’
The results were catastrophic. A year after Bush declared “mission accomplished,” Iraq was ruptured by a violent insurgency ...
US Failures in Iraq Show the Risk of a War on the Deep State
The results were catastrophic. A year after Bush declared “mission accomplished,” Iraq was ruptured by a violent insurgency ...
Iraq touts deal with U.S. to withdraw most troops by 2026
The U.S. and Iraq have a tentative deal to begin the withdrawal of most troops, leaving only a small force to guard against ...
US anticipates announcement to cut back troops in Iraq next week
A long-expected deal to reduce U.S. troop presence in Iraq will likely be announced next week, two administration officials ...
Why are American troops still fighting ISIS in Iraq?
American leaders should reject any form of mission creep in the Middle East – including state building and countering Iranian ...
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Once Considered Foes, Iranian-Backed Groups Get a Warm Welcome From Iraq
The new offices reflect Iraq’s growing role in the shadow war between Iran, Israel and the United States. For more than 20 years, since the U.S. invasion to oust the Iraqi dictator, Saddam ...
Four ISIS leaders were killed in western Iraq raid last month, US military says
Four ISIS leaders were killed as a result of raid in western Iraq late last month, the US military said Friday.
Military Times6d
Talk of US Iraq withdrawal is disconnected from ISIS threat
But they are also a reminder that American service members continue to put themselves in harm’s way in Iraq and Syria waging a war that some Americans seem to have forgotten. If the United ...
The New Yorker13d
The War Crimes That
To remedy this failing, the reporting team of the In the Dark podcast has assembled the largest known collection of investigations of possible war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/ ...