Some fear the conclusions will skew towards a one-sided lionization of the 2007 “surge”—which ... U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq at the time, for turning the war around by shifting ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki promised Saturday to smoke out Kurdish separatist rebels using Iraq as a base to launch attacks into neighboring Turkey. The Iraqi leader spoke at a gathering of ...

This is a consequence of the surge having no political framework. In the next six months, the U.S. alliance with Sunnis, along with Shia alienation, will heighten tensions with Iran. The Iraq war ...

The Iraq surge contributed to improved security ... freeing him to disregard public opinion about the war. With his approval rating in the ditch, almost any new direction was bound to be seen ...

Speculation over a US-led invasion of Iraq has prompted an unexpected surge in sales of holiday guides to the country, a publisher has said. Buckinghamshire-based Bradt Travel Guides, which ...

The quote: The plan to revive the Iraq War by sending in a "surge" of 30,000 troops (and instituting a counterinsurgency strategy) is "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country ...

Iraq on Wednesday hailed the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and urged immediate aid deliveries to Gaza Strip. The foreign ministry stressed the "need to immediately allow humanitarian aid ...

"Essential listening..." Why the US and UK went to war in Iraq and its legacy. The BBC's Security correspondent Gordon Corera speaks to those at the heart of the decision-making. Show more ...

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