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The U.S. Needs a New Purpose in the Middle East
Foreign Policy Magazine· 11 hours agoWhen we arrived at the gates of Iraq’s Bardarash refugee camp in December 2019, the emotional pain of the scene leveled me: Cold, wind-swept rain fell as...
Why Did America Stumble Into a Trap in Iraq?
Foreign Policy Magazine· 1 day agoThe subtitle—Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq—is descriptive enough, but it otherwise reads like an attempt to...
OPEC’s Crude Production Steady While Key Members Flout Quotas
Bloomberg· 5 hours agoOPEC’s crude production remained steady for a third month while key members Iraq and the United Arab...
History As It Happens: Saddam and the CIA
The Washington Times· 5 hours agoThe immediate aftermath of the al Qaeda terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, may seem like the right place to start when telling the story of why the U.S. would invade < ...
Senior airman returns home to Lexington after Iraq tour
WKYT Lexington· 2 hours agoLexington native and senior airman William McCall is back home after he and his fellow troops...
Iran's hard-line parliament speaker emerges as the theocracy's top figure in the presidential vote
Los Angeles Times· 1 hour agoIran’s hard-line parliament speaker emerged on Monday as the most prominent candidate from within...
UN mission in Iraq to end after two decades
AFP via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAt the request of Baghdad, the UN Security Council unanimously decided Friday that the United Nations political mission in Iraq will leave the country at...
New filing reveals Rudy Giuliani’s company received financial support from 9/11 first responders...
Staten Island Advance· 33 minutes agoThe New York Times has reported that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s company has been...
Hamas hostages: Stories of the people taken from Israel
BBC via AOL· 2 hours agoIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as...
UN votes to end Iraq political mission established after 2003 US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein
Newsday· 3 days agoThe U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to end the U.N. political mission in Iraq established in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion that toppled ...