When President Bush dumped Donald Rumsfeld after the midterm elections in November, many officers in the Pentagon were elated to be rid of the domineering Secretary of Defense. They looked forward to ...

A Reuters report details a massive recovery in Iraqi and Gulf oil exports for June, fueled by a US-Iran truce and historic ...

No. 2 U.S. commander in war zone says Shiite factions producing nearly as much violence as al-Qaida. WASHINGTON — The U.S military will begin pulling out the additional troops it sent to Iraq as part ...

Carney said that Obama’s record showed that he had long opposed the Iraq war and decisions which would prolong U.S. military action in the mideast nation. “Anybody who has covered Barack Obama back to ...

The “surge” not only transformed Iraq, but also taught the American military many important lessons about how to fight and win counterinsurgencies. As the administration debates what course to pursue ...

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Iraq's Environment Minister Hallo Askari has announced that authorities have contained a pollution crisis in the Tigris river caused by sediment dislodged by water releases from rivers and dams, Al ...