Iraq may be entering one of its most consequential political periods in decades as the government appears to be reasserting the authority of the state after years of corruption, militia influence, and ...

U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, is expected to testify before Congress ahead of the Sept. 15 deadline for a progress report on the Bush administration's surge strategy, ...

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WASHINGTON — This is not the way that Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, was expected to reappear before Congress. Violence in Iraq recently had dropped to a nearly ...

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Fighting around the Strait of Hormuz has died down for four days, but President Donald Trump warns the conflict will resume ...

The White House on Sunday rejected a call by leading Republicans to begin charting a new course in Iraq, with National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley saying the administration would await a September ...

Much has already been written about the 2007 “surge” of U.S. forces in Iraq, which led to a marked improvement in the country’s security situation. A good deal of the attention has gone to General ...