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The Trump administration's May 2025 announcement in Riyadh, and subsequent executive order in June, lifting all sanctions on ...
Though portrayed as an anti-interventionist, he has no problem with war—as long as America gets something in return. Now he’s on the cusp of entangling the U.S. military in a conflict with Iran.
We fled from our home in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq War. Now Trump's U.S. strike promises to unleash a new host of suffering ...
Iran is nothing like Iraq. Indeed, the failures of the Iraq and Afghanistan adventures shouldn’t hamstring the United States from exerting its legitimate power.
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Iraq was in crisis before Israel and Iran started trading blows. Now, it’s next door to a conflict.
Lee Woodward, 39, never recovered after he was attacked by Gregory Twigg, 32, and died in hospital 10 months later.
The final component of Trump’s claim—that his view on Iraq was, “if you’re going to go in, keep the oil”—is another statement that he made only after the war was underway.
He savaged Bush for distorting intelligence and overselling the military’s initial success in Iraq. Now Trump and his team ...
The Islamic Republic has a history of targeting minority ethnic groups, especially the Kurds, when it feels threatened.
As Israel targets Irans nuclear sites, pressure builds in Washington over whether President Trump can act without Congress. Lawmakers from both parties are invoking the War Powers Act, demanding Trump ...
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist Steve Coll about the parallels between Iraq and Iran when it comes to discussions of a potential war due to an adversarial country's weapons program.