List of Iraq articles
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Members of the Iraqi forces drive their Humvees in the streets of west Mosul on March 17, 2017 as they advance in the offensive against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. / AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) What Should Trump Do After the Islamic State Is Defeated?
The defeat of ISIS will create new dilemmas for the Trump administration.
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To go with Afghanistan-unrest-US-military-veterans-health,FOCUS by Daniel De Luce This photo taken on May 28, 2014 shows US soldiers lining up as they wait to bid farewell to wounded veterans during 'Operation Proper Exit' at Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar Province. Washington is winding down its 32,000 troop deployment in Afghanistan after nearly 13 years of war, with President Barack Obama announcing this week that all US forces will leave by the end of 2016. While an end is now in sight for America's longest war, many of the more than 19,000 Americans wounded in Afghanistan will be coping with injuries for years to come. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) More U.S. Troops Bound for Afghanistan, As Marines, Commandos, Arrive In Syria
The ‘Forever War’ gets a new lease on life under the Trump administration, but the White House has yet to set out a strategy.
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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - FEBRUARY 1: Protestors rally against President Donald Trump's recent executive order halting refugee admissions for 120 days and banning entry to the U.S. for citizens of seven predominantly-Muslim nations, at Reagan National Airport, February 1, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Despite the immediate controversy the executive order has sparked, a recent poll by Reuters/Ipsos shows 49 percent of Americans agreeing with the order and 41 percent disagreeing. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) A Tale of Two Refugees
After Trump's travel ban, vastly different fates have become simply a matter of chance.
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aaasyria U.S. Forces Push Artillery, Rockets, and Helicopters Closer to the Fight in Mosul
Special operations forces, artillery, rockets, and airpower are working overtime to back up thousands of Iraqi troops fighting to eject ISIS from the city.
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Smoke billows as Iraqi forces attack Mosul airport during an offensive to retake the western side of the city from jihadists of the Islamic State group on February 23, 2017. Iraqi forces entered Mosul airport, which lies on the southern edge of the city, for the first time since the Islamic State group overran the region in 2014. Control of the base and airport would set government forces up to enter Mosul neighbourhoods on the west bank of the Tigris, a month after declaring full control of the east bank. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) Iraqi Army Ahead of Schedule in Fight For West Mosul, U.S. Officials Say
After the brutal slog to clear eastern Mosul, Baghdad is throwing all its chips on the table to finish off the last ISIS stronghold in Iraq.
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Hashd fighters clearing sidestreets of ISIS fighters ahead of the column, Shirqat. -
US President Donald Trump announces US Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster (L) as his national security adviser at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 20, 2017. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Book excerpt — national security advisor at war: McMaster as a colonel in Iraq
In sum, he basically was the first commander to get things right in Iraq.
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US Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster looks on as US President Donald Trump announces him as his national security adviser at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 20, 2017. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) From ‘Dereliction of Duty’ to Trump’s White House
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster’s battlefield experience and intellect make him ideally suited to run the National Security Council. But he will have to vie for influence with ideologues like Stephen Bannon.
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isof Memo to Trump: Iraq Is Too Big to Fail
If the president derails the U.S. alliance with Baghdad, the only ones to benefit would be Iran and the Islamic State.
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 28: Protestors rally during a demonstration against the Muslim immigration ban at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 28, 2017 in New York City. President Trump signed the controversial executive order that halted refugees and residents from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) For Iraqi Military Interpreters, Trump Travel Ban Chaos Is ‘Life and Death’
In Washington, it’s bureaucratic infighting. In Baghdad, it’s betrayal.
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iraqkenner The Women Who Could Save Mosul
A group of female parliamentarians have developed a plan to mend the post-ISIS fabric of Iraq's second-largest city.
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An Iraqi boy, whose family fled the violence due to the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against jihadists of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul, eats while waiting on November 3, 2016 at a Kurdish checkpoint, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Mosul. Some civilians were leaving Gogjali and others the eastern Mosul neighbourhood of Samah, in what may be a rare breach for civilians trapped inside the city. More than 21,000 people have fled to government-held areas since October 17, while thousands more may have been seized by IS for use as human shields, according to the United Nations. / AFP / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) The Kurdish Government Is Torturing Boys
Boys as young as 11, accused of fighting for the Islamic State, are being detained and brutally tortured in prisons.
