In the summer of 2003, there was a senseless debate about whether or not a guerilla war or an insurgency was beginning in Iraq. Today, we argue over whether or not there is a civil war.

On the question of civil war, there is the mistake of supposing that an Iraqi civil war will not take place if we remain or that our remaining decreases the chances of civil war. I am not at all ...

With or without the presence of US forces, the Iraqi civil war is likely to grind on for some time. The large presence of US ground forces has had little effect on Iraqi politics, or on the ...

While all attention has been on the U.S. elections this week, Iraq is at risk of falling apart at the seams as the Middle ...

suggesting what might happen if Trump manages to replace thousands of civil servants with political appointees. Read More: How Far Trump Would Go In the run up to the Iraq War, George W.

A military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago is again ...

It paid Iraqi journalists to write positive accounts of the U.S. war effort. It invited U.S. journalists to "embed" with military units but required them to submit their stories to the military for ...

The reckless behavior of the armed factions has sparked a debate in Iraq over who holds the authority to declare war. In a recent interview with Iraqi media, Ali al-Assadi, a senior leader of ...

Although the Iraqi militias are in reality a large group of disjointed organizations, their level of cooperation and coordination has greatly increased.

Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah and other armed groups have said they should be readying for an escalation — أحمد الربيعي The Iraqi government is struggling to rein in powerful pro-Iran factions that risk ...