Matt Bradley
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 05:39
During a U.S. military training exercise at Iraq’s Habbaniyah air base a few months ago, Sheik Taher al-Jassem said some of his fellow tribesmen wondered aloud how they could sit beside the same American soldiers they would have tried to kill only a few years ago.
Friday, September 18, 2015 - 06:08
Islamic State claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings that Iraqi officials said killed at least 11 people Thursday in crowded areas of central Baghdad.
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 06:37
The push comes almost two months after militants stormed Ramadi, defeating the Iraqi military.
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 07:01
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Tehran’s support was essential in the war against Islamic State, according to Mr. Abadi’s official website.
Friday, September 19, 2014 - 06:39
Sunni tribal leaders say a U.S.-backed plan to allow local units to police their own regions—an idea that gained traction this week—is an invitation to the kind of separatism that has already pushed Iraq to the brink of partition.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 06:03
The U.S. military's recent success in weakening Islamic State extremists and pushing them away from a key dam in Iraq is creating momentum for a broader campaign that could take American air power to the militant group's heartland northwest of Baghdad.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 06:53
Saudi Arabia is privately encouraging its allied tribes in Iraq to turn against a Sunni extremist insurgency, a pivot that could help calm sectarian tensions that underpin the uprising, Western and Middle Eastern officials say.
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 07:42
Arms Turning Up in Battles and Military-Style Parades in Iraq and Syria.