Figures like Kharrazi are trying to write the latest chapter of the Islamic Republic’s story using an old script. The 12 days in June in which Israeli jets pounded Iranian infrastructure with devastating results were the closest the Islamic Republic has ...

At a military camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a commander tells NPR his armed opposition group is waiting for a chance to go into Iran.

By John Davison BAGHDAD, March 6 (Reuters) - Iran has spent decades and billions of dollars preparing foreign proxy fighters like A.J., a commander in a pro-Iranian paramilitary group in Iraq, for a moment just like this.

The last American troops at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad Air Base have left after a months-long drawdown, Iraq’s defense ministry announced on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said that Iraq’s army fully took control of the major base in the country’s ...

President Trump's war against Iran carries echoes of the 2003 war in Iraq. NPR's Leila Fadel explores the lessons learned to understand whether regime change stands a chance in neighboring Iran.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Jeremy Harrell served in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Iraq from 2003 to 2004. Now, as U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have been reported, the veteran said he feels the weight of the conflict — even from home. Harrell ...

Israel Iran Attack News, Day 14: The 14-day conflict ignited by US-Israeli strikes on Iran escalates with fresh missile launches and expanding air raids across the region. New attacks hit Israel, Lebanon,

Ten years ago this Tuesday, the U.S. invaded Iraq, and by any count — and there have been many — the toll has been devastating. So far, about 4,400 U.S. troops and more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed, and the combined costs of the war ...

Remarkably, Trump seems on the verge of outdoing George W. Bush in reckless, stupid militarism. Donald Trump waves as he leaves passing a portrait of former President George W. Bush in the Grand Foyer of the White House during the Congressional Ball ...