List of Iraq articles
-
Iraqis attend a conference organized by the U.S. think tank Center for Peace Communications in Erbil, Iraq, on Sept. 24. A Pro-Israel Summit in Erbil Breaks New Ground
At great personal risk, Iraqi civil society leaders gather to demand entry into the Abraham Accords.
-
Two U.S. soldiers walk past a concrete block with a painted-on Iraqi flag as they patrol a neighborhood in Baghdad on Jan. 18, 2008. 20 Years After 9/11, U.S. Global Authority Is Weaker Than Ever
A crisis within Islam spawned al Qaeda. It also put an end to a U.S.-led unipolar world.
-
U.S. Army 3rd Division Bradley fighting vehicles take up their position. How the U.S. Got 9/11 Wrong
The lone superpower inadvertently taught the rest of the world how to fight it—and win.
-
Protest in Karbala, Iraq. After Afghanistan Collapse, Iraqis Fear They Could Be Next
The parallels are easy to list.
-
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi listens as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks. Iraq Is the Middle East’s New Power Broker
After decades of offering only chaos, Baghdad is trying to become a leading force in the region.
-
Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2 and Idris Elba as Bloodsport ‘The Suicide Squad’ Is a Dark Parody of America’s Imperial Fiascos
The supervillain movie demonstrates the possibilities—and limits—of the genre.
-
U.S. soldiers in Bradley tanks near the Iraq-Syria border No Matter What Biden Calls U.S. Troops in Iraq, Iran Is Gunning for Them
Relabeling U.S. soldiers as “noncombat” won’t spare them from militia attacks.
-
An Iraqi interpreter sits inside a vehicle with U.S. troops in 2005. Biden Vowed No Afghan Interpreters Left Behind. What About Iraqi Interpreters?
Another group of U.S. allies fears they’ll be forgotten as the United States winds down forever wars.
-
An interpreter speaks with Kurdish villagers. Iraqi Kurds Keep Faith in U.S. Despite Drawdown
The United States’ longtime partners in northern Iraq are watching Afghanistan go to pieces after the U.S. pullout with “wishful thinking.”
-
Iraqi prime minister speaks in Berlin. Will Biden and Kadhimi Produce Platitudes on Iraq?
At the White House on Monday, the Iraqi leader needs a guarantee that Biden won’t use Iraq’s independence as a pawn in negotiations with Iran.
-
A member of the Iraqi security forces walks past a destroyed vehicle. America’s Other Forever War
Iraq could become a major thorn in Biden’s side.
-
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld meets with retiring commander of CENTCOM Gen. Tommy Franks (left) in Tampa, Florida, on July 7, 2003. Donald Rumsfeld Freed the World From ‘Mutual Assured Destruction’
His thinking on arms control proved prescient—but the howls reverberate to this day.
-
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Army's official website on September 11, 2020, shows an Iranian Simorgh drone during the second day of a military exercise in the Gulf, near the strategic strait of Hormuz in southern Iran. U.S. Strikes Point to Growing Iranian Drone Threat
Pentagon planners had been spotting Iran-backed drone attacks targeting U.S. troops for weeks before the strikes.
-
Joe Biden at the U.S. embassy on Nov. 29, 2011 in Baghdad. Biden Could Midwife a New Iraq
America’s Iraq War era is over and a new era may dawn—if the United States doesn’t turn its back again.
-
Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004 For Iraqis, War Is Not a Game
The video game “Six Days in Fallujah” preys on the real-life tragedy of the Iraq War for Western entertainment.
