The officer, considered a hero in his country, accuses the United States of having succumbed to ‘Russian disinformation’ due to its affinity with Vladimir Putin
The Iraqi capital is still trying to recover from the destruction and economic stagnation that followed the US invasion of 2003
Fighters from pro-Iranian factions, state-linked militias, and regular army forces are intertwined in a complex web that exacerbates tensions between Baghdad and Washington
The autonomous region that houses Kurdish-Iranian militias, aligned with the US and Israel, is the only border in the Middle East from which troops could be sent to the neighboring country
Donald Trump has shelved a plan to have these forces contribute to his offensive against the Islamic Republic while the opposition and Turkey do not look favorably upon the involvement of groups they consider ‘separatists’
After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the world had one less dictator, but it was more insecure. In Venezuela, the regime hasn’t even changed
The group also participated in the pursuit of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, and Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega
As it tries to turn the page on the country’s troubled past, the government has not established a commission to look into the disappeared
Two decades after George Bush ordered the invasion, Washington’s prestige in the Middle East is damaged, populism is on the rise and military spending divides Congress
Iraq’s capital is full of life, its residents enjoying a rare peaceful interlude in a painful modern history