Iraq
Welcome to the Islamic State of Syria
Al Qaeda makes it official: The terror group is trying to extend its medieval rule from Baghdad to Damascus.
BY BRIAN FISHMAN | APRIL 10, 2013
Why Obama Failed in the Middle East
From the Arab Spring, to Syria, to Iran, to the peace process, President Barack Obama's actions have yet to live up to his high-flying rhetoric.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 2, 2013
The Jihadist from Phoenix
Eric Harroun claims to have joined up with an al Qaeda-linked group fighting in Syria’s brutal civil war. We tracked him down, but getting the truth was more difficult.
BY GREG TEPPER, ILAN BEN ZION | MARCH 22, 2013
The Tip of the Democracy Spear
The U.S. military doesn’t exactly have an unblemished record when it comes to promoting democracy. Is there a way to change that?
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 21, 2013
Syria Is Already More Violent Than Iraq
And its destruction will define the Middle East for years to come.
BY DAVID KENNER | MARCH 20, 2013
If a Tree Falls in Baghdad…
Ten years after the Iraq war, almost everything in this country -- from security to its place in the region -- is still in play.
BY JANE ARRAF | MARCH 19, 2013
The Iraq Syndrome
A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?
MARCH 19, 2013
The First Step
Why America needs to beat itself up a little more over the Iraq War.
BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MARCH 19, 2013
The Secret Surge Debate
Behind closed doors, a newly revealed transcript shows, the Bush administration was much more deeply divided about the way forward in Iraq than it let on in public.
BY MICHAEL R. GORDON | MARCH 18, 2013
Once Upon a Time in Baghdad
71 years before the war that nearly destroyed it.
BY MARYA HANNUN | MARCH 18, 2013
The Illogic of Iraq
Explaining one of history's most egregious strategic non sequiturs.
BY JOHN ARQUILLA | MARCH 18, 2013
No Books Were Cooked
Mistakes were made in the lead-up to war in Iraq ten years ago. But fabricating intelligence on weapons of mass destruction to serve policy wasn’t one of them.
BY CHARLES DUELFER | MARCH 18, 2013
Awakening the Demons
There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
BY DAVID ALPHER | MARCH 18, 2013
To COIN or Not?
A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?
MARCH 18, 2013
Iraq Roundtable Participants
MARCH 15, 2013
Ends and Means
A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?
MARCH 15, 2013
Inside the Pentagon on 9/11
McLaughlin's minute-by-minute account of the terrorist attack in Washington.
BY TIM MCLAUGHLIN | MARCH 14, 2013
Kill Lists and Victoria's Secret
A Marine's candid, and often funny, reflections on life during wartime. — The Iraq War Diaries of Lt. Tim McLaughlin
MARCH 14, 2013
Tearing Down Saddam
'This place is pandemonium.' — The Iraq War Diaries of Lt. Tim McLaughlin
MARCH 14, 2013
A Personal History, An American History
How one Marine's diary helps us understand the Iraq war.
BY PETER MAASS | MARCH 14, 2013
My Handwritten War
An eyewitness to history, from the 9/11 attacks to the toppling of Saddam.
BY TIM MCLAUGHLIN | MARCH 14, 2013
Learning Curve
'Never Again' is the wrong lesson to draw from the Iraq war.
BY JAMES DOBBINS | MARCH 13, 2013
The Rough Guide to Iraq
A journalist's strange journey on the road to Baghdad.
BY PETER MAASS | MARCH 12, 2013
The Iraq War That Might Have Been
Ten years on, newly published secret documents shed new light on potential turning points the United States missed.
BY MICHAEL R. GORDON, BERNARD E. TRAINOR | MARCH 12, 2013
How Not to Repair a Broken Pot
The lesson of Iraq isn't that American intervention only makes things worse; it's that there's a smarter way to do it.
BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 8, 2013
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
How 'Casablanca' explains the sequester
BY GORDON ADAMS
The 'Onion' latest victim of Syrian Electronic Army's fat jokes
Video: The Navy's stealth drone makes its first arrested landing
BY JOHN REED
Is U.S. credibility really on the line in Syria?
BY DARYL G. PRESS AND JENNIFER LIND
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