Iraq

Trump Is Said to Be Preparing to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia

By Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Charlie Savage, Helene Cooper, THE NEW YORK TIMESNov. 16, 2020Updated 4:55 p.m. ET Facing the end of his time in power, the president is pushing to accelerate withdrawals from Read More

Trump Is Said to Be Preparing to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia

By Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Charlie Savage, Helene Cooper, THE NEW YORK TIMESNov. 16, 2020Updated 4:55 p.m. ET Facing the end of his time in power, the president is pushing to accelerate withdrawals from Read More

HISTORY BUFFS: The Iran-Contra Scandal – History students of American world affairs

By Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training One of the biggest foreign policy scandals of the last half-century was the Iran-Contra affair, in which the Reagan Administration, prodded by CIA Director Read More

HISTORY BUFFS: The Iran-Contra Scandal – History students of American world affairs

By Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training One of the biggest foreign policy scandals of the last half-century was the Iran-Contra affair, in which the Reagan Administration, prodded by CIA Director Read More

Pentagon: 34 US Troops Had Brain Injuries From Iran’s Strike

Damage at the Ain al-Asad air base in the western Iraqi province of Anbar on Jan. 13. Photographer: Ayman Henna/AFP via Getty Images Washington (Associated Press) — The Pentagon said Read More

Iraq’s Shia armed groups met over ‘US aggression’: Spokesman (VIDEOS)

Spokesman of Iran-linked Kataib Hezbollah group says meeting took place with Iraq’s Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. By AL JAZEERA The leaders of major Shia armed groups in Iraq gathered in Read More

Two Rockets Fall in Green Zone in Iraqi Capital of Baghdad – Reports

By SPUTNIK Two loud blasts followed by sirens were heard in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday night, Reuters reported, citing witnesses. According to Al-Mayadeen, two rockets fell in the Green Read More

One Speech Can’t Clean Up Trump’s Iran Mess

The speech that Donald Trump delivered on Wednesday sounded as if it had been written by someone struggling to maintain public face for the President.Photograph by Tasos Katopodis / Bloomberg Read More

Operation Desert Storm

By USA HISTORY TODAY In the 1988 election, George Bush and his running mate. Dan Quayle, won 54% of the popular vote and 426 of the 538 electoral votes, soundly Read More

Iran warns US not retaliate over missile attack in Iraq

TEHRAN, Iran (Associated Press) — Iran says it has launched “tens” of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq’s Ain Assad air base housing U.S. troops over America’s killing of a top Iranian Read More