Iraq

Colin Powell now passes into legend

Colin Powell now passes into legend

Quin Hillyer · October 18, 2021 12:00 am

Outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno speaks during his final news briefing, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno dies

Mike Brest · October 11, 2021 8:09 pm

Courage, Strength & Optimism

Winning is the only thing

Mackubin Owens · October 11, 2021 5:44 pm

Iraqi security forces stand guard outside a vote counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Iraq voted Wednesday in its first nationwide election since U.S. troops withdrew in 2011, with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki confident of victory and even offering an olive branch to his critics by inviting them to join him in a governing coalition. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi election sees record low turnout amid growing government distrust

Asher Notheis · October 11, 2021 3:08 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

The three curses

Trent Reedy · October 1, 2021 3:00 am

U.S. Soldiers with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment fire artillery alongside Iraqi Security Forces artillery at known ISIS locations near the Iraqi-Syrian border, June 7, 2018. Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition partners provided fire support to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces as they continued Operation Roundup, the military offensive to rid the final pockets of the terrorist organization from the Middle Euphrates River Valley in Syria.

US shoots down pair of Iranian drones attacking Iraq airport

Kaelan Deese · September 12, 2021 5:27 pm

The one foreign base Biden should abandon

The one foreign base Biden should abandon

Michael Rubin · September 10, 2021 12:00 am

Beltway Confidential

British army finds reinvigorated purpose in Afghanistan

Tom Rogan · August 23, 2021 7:45 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Afghanistan’s inevitable and predictable backslide into the clutches of the Taliban

Jamie McIntyre · August 13, 2021 3:00 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

Righteous storm

Trent Reedy · August 6, 2021 3:00 am

FILE - In this Sunday, March 30, 2014, file photo, Islamic State group militants hold up their flag as they patrol in a commandeered Iraqi military vehicle in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq.

American-born 8-year-old orphan rescued from refugee camp after growing up under ISIS

Brady Knox · August 3, 2021 9:27 pm

Beltway Confidential

Brett McGurk earns allied anger over Syria-Iraq withdrawal maneuvers

Tom Rogan · July 27, 2021 7:14 pm