The Trump administration's pressure campaign against Venezuela is reminiscent of the U.S.'s catastrophic invasion of Iraq, as ...

In Iraq, the two most ubiquitous weapons were not the kind that the Americans trained against, or to use. The U.S. military that invaded Iraq in 2003 was built to fight a Soviet-like, near-peer ...

In April 1915, the German army tried a new tactic to break through allied trenches on the front lines of World War I: the first large-scale use of poison gas. It was a devastating attack on the ...

We trace the Battle of Basra from its role as Iraq’s southern gateway to the moment British armor rolled into a city already ...

As the world enters 2026, analysts say wars are lasting longer, civilians are increasingly being targeted, and new ...

WASHINGTON — Iraq’s prime minister said on a visit to Washington that his country is “making every effort” to keep the Middle East conflict from spiraling after Iran rained down missiles on Israel ...

Because you want to understand, but it can be really complicated. June 13, 2014— -- An Extremist Group Called ISIS Took Over Multiple Cities in Iraq Background: When the U.S. left Iraq, it was a ...

For months, Syrian opposition groups have smuggled weapons and fighters into the country across the borders of Turkey and Lebanon. Now another of Syria’s influential neighbors—Iraq—says its territory ...

A couple of months after The Wire ended, David Simon was already back with another masterpiece on HBO: the underrated war ...