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The article focuses on the 40 years of enmity between the U.S. and Iran which reached its tipping point after Iran's Major General Qasem Soleimani was killed by an American airstrike in Iraq on January 3, 2020, on the order of U.S. President Donald Trump. Topics covered include the possibility of a full-blown war between the two countries, how the death of as many as 1,00 U.S. soldiers in Iraq under the efforts of Soleimani has been the main reason behind the order of Trump.

The article discusses the future of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization in relation to the Iraqi military, the nation's federal police, and a battle for control of Mosul, Iraq as of 2017. According to the article, ISIS militants commandeered the homes and vehicles of civilians in an effort to retain control of Mosul, Iraq. An alliance of Shi'ite, Sunni, and Kurdish militia fighters is examined, along with military support from the U.S., France, and Australia.

The article discusses the author's contention that China is poised to become a global economic power as of August 2015, and it mentions the nation's economy and gross domestic product (GDP) growth, as well as government intervention and the efforts to stabilize China's markets. According to the article, the U.S. has been the world's economic leader since 1872. Commodity prices are examined in relation to the consumption of oil, gas, and minerals in China. China's global influence is examined.

The article discusses the success of U.S. Republican Party candidate Donald John Trump's presidential campaign as of August 2015, and it mentions the views of the members of America's political elite with regards to Trump's popularity and the manner in which he is conducting himself during various campaign events. Trump's views about illegal immigration and border security in America, the Islamic State terrorist group, and U.S. military policy are examined. Public opinion polls are also assessed.

The article examines the implications of the July 2015 nuclear weapons agreement between Iran and members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council in which Iran will restrict its nuclear program in exchange for increased regional influence in the Middle East. It notes that critics of the deal have cited Iran's history of sponsoring terrorism, suggesting possible nuclear confrontation in the Middle East. Comments from U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are included.

The article discusses the efforts of Syrian military troops to hold back the advancement of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Deir ez-Zor, Syria as of 2015, and it presents several photographs which depict soldiers, courtrooms, and hospitals.

The article discusses the author's contention that the ongoing campaign for the U.S. presidency in 2016 should be an incentive for the American government to fix its foreign policy, and it mentions U.S. President Barack Obama's political views and issues related to the Islamic State terrorist group and a crisis in Ukraine. The end of America's Cold War is addressed, along with the policies of former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush. America's role as a world power is examined.

The article presents profiles on several nominees for "Time" magazine's annual list of 100 influential people. Topics include a diagram showing various types of connections between different nominees, countries and businesses; a special advertising section profiling other leaders; and information on the profession and notable works of the nominees. Nominees include journalist Jorge Ramos, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. Senator Bob Corker.

The article discusses the Women's Protection Unit (YPI) group of female soldiers which is affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) nationalist movement and is waging war against the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group in Syria. YPI members such as Torin Khairegi and Zilan Orkesh are mentioned, along with gender equality and the imprisoned Marxist leader of the PKK Abdullah Ocalan. Deceased YPI soldier Cicek Derek is mentioned, as well as combat roles for women.

The article discusses Republican U.S. Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee and his role in shaping a possible Iranian nuclear weapons deal with the American government as of 2015. It states that Corker, who is the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, plans to introduce a legislative bill on April 14, 2015 which would give the nation's Congress a vote on any nuclear weapons deal between the Iranian and American governments. Sanctions against Iran are also examined.

The article discusses how the U.S. government continues to search for a resolution to the problems associated with Iran's nuclear weapons program while chaos erupts as a result of a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. A March 31, 2015 nuclear weapons-related deadline is mentioned, along with combat involving Iranian-backed Houthi rebels near Aden, Yemen. American-led air strikes in Iraq and violence in Syria are examined, along with U.S. President Barack Obama's political views.

The article discusses neuropathologist Dr. Ann McKee and her work in trying to unlock the secrets of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). According to the article, as many as 500,000 U.S. military members who served in the nation's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have been diagnosed with PTSD. The impacts that untreated PTSD can have on the families of military personnel are mentioned. Brain research and emotional responses to stress and trauma are examined, along with brain cell interactions.

The article discusses whether a nuclear weapons deal can be brokered between the U.S. and Iranian governments in 2015 after the nations have endured several decades of mutual suspicion and distrust. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's work in trying to negotiate an agreement regarding Iran's nuclear weapons program is mentioned. The International Atomic Energy Agency and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are examined, along with enriched uranium and Iran's nuclear ambitions.

The article discusses how former Florida Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush's family political dynasty is complicating his campaign to win the U.S. presidency in 2016, and it mentions Jeb Bush's father George H.W. Bush and brother George W. Bush who both served as American presidents. Political fundraising is mentioned, along with the Bush family's role as political royalty in the U.S. Jeb Bush's marriage to Columba Garnica Gallo of Mexico is also examined. Bush family relations are also assessed.

The article discusses a global war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Iraq involving the U.S. military and several of its allies. Shi'ite militiamen and Kurdish Peshmerga Army soldiers are mentioned, along with the U.S. Central Command's claim that up to 2,000 ISIS troops are posted in Mosul, Iraq. Military coalition bombing attacks are examined, along with the mass execution of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians and the burning death of a Jordanian pilot.

The article profiles U.S. Army General General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, focusing on his support for sending U.S. ground forces back to Iraq to fight the terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS, currently IS). Topics include a professional biography of Dempsey; political pressures on U.S. President Barack Obama against going to war; and comments from military personnel on the resources necessary to defeat ISIS.

The article discusses Iraqi Kurdistan's President and opportunist Massoud Barzani who came in fourth place in the voting for "Time" Magazine's Person of the Year in 2014, focusing on a military alliance between the U.S. and Barzani's government in a campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) extremist group. The Kurdish peshmerga fighters are mentioned, along with the border town of Kobani, Syria and U.S. President Barack Obama's strategy for combating ISIS.

The article discusses the reasons why the border town of Kobani, Syria matters in relation to an international war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) terrorist group, focusing on U.S.-led air strikes over Kobani, Syria and information about the efforts of Kurdish fighters to defeat ISIS. It states that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the international community that ISIS was on the verge of taking over Kobani, Syria. Regional politics are examined.

The article discusses U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and the claim that America's government has constructed a fragile coalition of allied nations to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) terrorist group, focusing on Kerry's trip to Saudi Arabia to try and convince Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz to join what U.S. President Barack Obama refers to as a "broad coalition of partners." Political concessions and commitments to supply military weapons are examined.

The article discusses U.S. military intervention to protect Kurds against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS). Topics include the effort to supply the Kurdish militia, or peshmerga, with U.S. weapons; the possibility that Kurdistan may serve as a regional base for conducting counter-terrorism campaigns; and details on the history of U.S.-Kurdish political relations.

The article discusses the radicalization of Western citizens by terrorist groups in the Middle East and the possibility of their conducting terror attacks in their countries of origin. Topics include the actions of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the civil wars in Syria and Iraq, and the arrest of various terrorists or recruits by western governments including U.S. citizen Michael Todd Wolfe, French citizen Mehdi Nemmouche and British citizen Abdul Waheed Majeed.

The article discusses how the Sunni militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is invading cities in Iraq and threatens to start a maelstrom in the Middle East. Topics include the sectarian strife in the Islamic world, feuds between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, the role the U.S. invasion in Iraq and the civil war in Syria have played in unleashing sectarian violence, and shifting alliances in the region.

The article discusses violent conflict in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, with information on the possibility of a civil war between Kurdish soldiers and the Iraqi army due to Kurdistan's opposition to the Iraqi government's plans for oil well drilling outside the city of Kirkuk, Iraq. Topics include estimations of the amount of crude oil available in Iraq; ethnic conflict and tensions between the Kurds and the Iraqi government regarding border disputes; autonomy movements in Kurdistan; and Kurdistan's deals with oil companies including ExxonMobil and Chevron.

An injured protester is rushed to treatment in Baghdad on Nov. 29. The country's Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi submitted his resignation on Nov. 30, but it could take weeks or months for a new government to form and be approved. Photographs by Ivor Prickett -- The New York Times/Redux For more of our best photography, visit time.com/lightbox Iraqi protesters rest on Nov. 22 at a shrine in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, built to honor those killed in the weeks of protest that have roiled the country PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR). [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the Iraq War and how ignorance by U.S. forces and Iraqis aggravated the conflict. It states that by dismantling the Iraqi army the one working institution in Iraq was destroyed and resulted in tens of thousands of weapon-trained men joining the insurgency. It comments on how Iraqi insurgents initially believed the U.S. military had no staying power and believed that negative U.S. public opinion would force President George W. Bush to withdraw the army. It talks about how the Shi'ite-Sunni war forced U.S. diplomats and military commanders to learn more of Iraq's social and religious complexities and led to General David Petraeus' surge strategy, which included paying Sunni tribes to fight al-Qaeda. INSET: WHAT WE'VE LEARNED.

The article looks at the military dispatches sent by two Iraqi war veterans, Army Captain Nate Rawlings and journalist Bobby Ghosh, during their return trip to Iraq in 2010. Rawlings and Ghosh comment on their experience in Baghdad, Iraq, during times of increasingly violent insurgency. They also talk about the 2004 battle of Fallujah, the inability of Iraqi politicians to form a new government, and the Islamic civil war between Shi'ite and the Sunni Muslims. Rawlings also comments on an increase in kidnapping in Baghdad.

The article discusses the growth of democracy in Iraq and accompanying turmoil owing to a lack of compromise among its leaders. With the election processes in place, Sunnis and Shi'ites are said to work out more of their differences at the ballot box. However, University professor Hazem Shammari is quoted regarding the fragile political scene in Iraq. The Shi-ite-based governing coalition headed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is noted, as are suspicions held by Sunnis that al-Maliki's counterterrorism unit has imprisoned opposition politicians.

The article offers information on the increase in terrorism by the Islamic State and the decrease in the territories under its control in Syria and Iraq. According to the author, the aim of the Islamic State is to prevent Muslims and non-Muslims from living together. The author says that the city of Palmyra in Syria was recaptured by the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Russia in March 2016.

The article discusses the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among U.S. military service members serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. The article highlights the experience of former Navy SEAL commander Mark Waddell, who was diagnosed with PTSD after serving in Afghanistan. The article notes that multiple deployments to war zones has increased the incidence of PTSD and combat stress.

The article presents information on the violence occurring in Iraq. Topics discussed include the assassination attempt by armed drones on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the benefit of the attack to al-Kadhimi's political candidacy, assumptions on the reason behind the attack, and the impact that the attack would have on the post-election government.

The article discusses the prospects for a transfer of power in Iraq and considers several possible scenarios for continued U.S. military involvement. The author describes what has made the transfer possible and focuses on the importance of Iraq's politicians in setting the time and manner in which it will happen.

The article describes the conditions in Iraq after the troop surge in the summer of 2007. The safety issues and living conditions are viewed through the eyes of returning Iraqi refugees and a journalist returning to Baghdad, Iraq on the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. The author discusses the anxiety of Iraqis regarding what happens when the Americans leave.

The article discusses violence in Baghdad, Iraq. In January 2007, U.S. President George W. Bush deployed 30,000 U.S. troops despite American public sentiment to bring troops out of Iraq. In 2008 there have been improvements on al-Kindy Street such as the reopening of a pharmacy, the selling of products from a cell-phone store, and the returning of some shoppers. However, the stabilization of the capital is not complete.

The article focuses on the Iraqi refugees that were driven from their homes by sectarian war. The war has ceased and the desire to return has grown stronger. Despite the lessening violence in Baghdad, the Shi'ite neighborhoods are still unsafe for Sunnis and vice versa. Other topics include Iraq's weak government and infrastructure, the outbreak of violence in the country if the U.S. military departs, Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's distrust of Sunnis and his weaknesses in leadership.

The author reports on the private security firm Blackwater USA who is accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians on September 16, 2007. The part in which private security firms play in Iraq is mentioned. According to the article, there are between 20,000 and 30,000 private security personnel in Iraq. The lives of security contractors in Iraq is discussed. The article states that some feel that private security firms need to change the way in which they operate in Iraq.

The article examines the effects and consequences of the American troop surge in the Iraq War. Baghdad has become safer but Iraqi political reconciliation lags. Tactics that quelled violence in Sunni Anbar Province may not work elsewhere. Democrats in the U.S. Congress don't yet have the votes to force a policy change and questions surround any U.S. troop withdrawal. INSET: WHAT THE REPORTS SAY.

This article presents an investigative report on the death of five U.S. soldiers in southern Iraq in January 2007 known as the Karbala incident. The attack happened in plain sight of Iraqi police in training with the U.S. troops, leading to speculation they might have had a hand in it. The attackers were let into the secured area by Iraqi security guards and the attack came just after the arrest of five Iranian operatives in northern Iraq. INSET: One Night in Karbala: Anatomy of an Ambush.

The article focuses on U.S. General David Petraeus, who is leading the multi-national forces that are fighting in the Iraq war. Petraeus' strategy and goals are discussed. Operation Phantom Thunder may be the war's final U.S.-led offensive. The case of the Sunni-led anti-Qaeda rebellion that began in Anbar, Iraq is described. The author discusses the Iraqi government and the al-Sadr and the al-Hakim families who control Shi'ite politics.

The article offers information on insurgents in Iraq and the innovative weaponry being used against U.S. troops in 2007. Particular attention is given to IED technology, the tactics of insurgent groups, as well as the first hand experiences of Iraqis who help build bombs for terrorists in the Middle East. Additional article topics include the primitive nature of the bombs, the civil war in the region, as well as U.S. troop casualty rates.

The article focuses on the Green Zone, which is an area in Baghdad, Iraq that is supposed to be safe for the many Westerners who live there. The article interviews people who say that the quality of life inside the Green Zone is much higher than the rest of Baghdad. However, the article mentions that crimes against Westerners are growing and many, including Iraqis, are afraid to leave the area including Fuad Saeed, a Sunni imam who tried to bridge the religious gaps between Shi'ites and Sunnis.

This article reports on the state of Kurdish Iraq. The author contrasts the stability, growth and safety of the Kurds' territory in the north with the devastation of the rest of the country. Debate is offered as to whether the Kurds' objective of independence despite being landlocked between warring factions will make it a battleground in the near future.

The article reports on U.S. Army action in Iraq as of April 2007. Progress and conflict in the Diyala province outside Baghdad is covered. Sunni and Shi'ite relations are said to be improving in Baghdad, but worsening in the distant areas. Insurgent tactics similar to Vietnam are described as frustrating U.S. troops.

The article discusses private security personnel hired by the U.S. military to fight in the Iraq War. One such security firm, Blackwater USA, was founded by Erik Prince in 1995. Scott Helvenston, an ex-Navy SEAL, was an employee of Blackwater and died on March 31, 2004 when his convoy was attacked in Fallujah, Iraq. According to the author, firms like Blackwater face very little regulation and inspection, which U.S. Congress Representative Jan Schakowsky is trying to change.

This article describes the war between Iraq's Sunnis and Shiites which continues to threaten the hopes of promoting stability throughout the Middle East. Besides belief in the same god, these warring sects share a common ethnicity, language, cuisine and apparel. Mistaken identity is not an exact science and the lines of differentiation are often blurred. The article discusses how name, prayer, mosques, home decor, dialects, and automobiles are measures of sectarian designation.

The article examines U.S. President George W. Bush's intent to increase the number of troops stationed in Iraq. Previously Bush purported to defer to the generals with regard to numbers of troops but now is expected to order the increase, ironically at a time when generals in the field do not feel it will be helpful and the Iraq Study Group has advised a reversal of course.

The article discusses the effects of partition in Iraq and how a unified Iraq is no longer possible. The Kurdish people have established Kurdistan in the north, the Sunni Muslim population has taken Iraq's west, and Baghdad is stuck between Shiite east and Sunni west. Iraq's constitution calls for the country's three largest ethnic groups to institute their own regions. As Iraq heads towards civil war, the United States continues to deny that a unified Iraq is not impossible.

This article focuses on the experience of an Iraqi man who was held captive by a group of Iraqi kidnappers. Details relating to his capture, the holding cell, and the way he was treated are provided. An overview of his family's efforts to find him are included. Statistics relating to the frequency of kidnappings and number of people kidnapped are provided. Crime in Iraq is discussed.

The article presents a diary from Aparisim Ghosh, a journalist living in Baghdad during the Iraq War. Ghosh discusses his initial experiences entering the city, how civilians experienced the Iraq War, the United States Army's conduct during the invasion of the city, and the possibility of a civil war in Iraq.

This article provides advice for establishing peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict in the wake of battles between Israel and Lebanon in 2006. Among the actions advised are involvement from the U.S. military, the inclusion of Palestine in peace talks, a guarantee of Israel's security, the stabilization of Lebanon, and handling of political insurgency in Iraq and Iran.