Rod Nordland
Friday, March 27, 2015 - 07:09
By Day 2 of the American airstrike campaign against militants holed up in Tikrit, the mission appeared beleaguered on several fronts on Thursday: Thousands of Shiite militiamen boycotted the fight, others threatened to attack any Americans they found, and Iraqi officials said nine of their fighters had been accidentally killed in an airstrike.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 06:54
American warplanes began airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Tikrit late Wednesday, finally joining a stalled offensive to retake the Iraqi city as American officials sought to seize the initiative from Iran, which had taken a major role in directing the operation.
Friday, December 5, 2014 - 10:49
An investigation by the United States military into the death of the first American general killed in Afghanistan criticized Afghan officials for not cooperating completely with investigators, but praised the rapid response of soldiers around the general for preventing further casualties.
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 08:20
The government of the new Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, has quietly lifted the ban on night raids by special forces troops that his predecessor had imposed.
Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 11:17
The Iraqi prime minister, in an apparent rebuff to his international critics, said Wednesday that finding a political settlement to the differences among the country’s factions was not as important or urgent as fighting extremist Sunni insurgents.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 06:57
Iraq’s major parties initially thought they had a deal ready when they sat down Tuesday to form a new government, but the effort collapsed in factional acrimony in less than half an hour.
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 06:23
Iraqi government officials said Sunday that Russian experts had arrived in Iraq to help the army get 12 new Russian warplanes into the fight against Sunni extremists.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 06:58
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has presented himself as the man who could bring Iraqis together, but with the collapse of his army before a Sunni militant assault, he has taken on only one role — that of commander in chief of Iraq.