List of Iraq articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Prelude to a Quagmire
The addition of 450 new U.S. military trainers to Iraq is the next step down a slippery slope.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Islamic State Marks One-Year Anniversary of Mosul’s Fall With Grisly, Bureaucratic Video
The video is the latest attempt by the group to legitimize itself as a state.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Worst of All Horrors
Psychologists in Iraq, a country long afflicted by violence, say they’ve never seen more terrible trauma than that caused by the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Should We Do if the Islamic State Wins?
Live with it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Human Tinderbox in the Middle East
A growing roster of global crises is putting strains on the ability of humanitarian organizations to provide aid. And the United States needs to step up and lead.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Airstrikes Killing Thousands of Islamic State Fighters, but It Just Recruits More
Foreign fighters are flocking to Iraq and Syria, as the militant group also recruits from areas under its control.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Tough Talk on Islamic State, but Cold Shoulder for Iraq?
Iraq's highest-elected Sunni official wants the United States to provide weapons directly to Sunni tribesmen fighting the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Calls for Faster Training of Iraqi Forces
President Barack Obama said the United States and its allies must accelerate the training of the Iraqi security forces whose recent setbacks at the hands of Islamic State militants have raised questions about the broader U.S.-led effort to beat back the Sunni extremist group.