President Donald Trump has ordered the removal of most US military and security personnel from Somalia, where they have been conducting operations against the Al-Shabaab militant group, the Pentagon …
2021 defense funding bill blocks troop drawdowns in Germany, Afghanistan, Iraq
The final version of the United States’ Fiscal Year 2021 defense bill includes no troop reductions in Germany, blocking President Donald Trump’s demand.
Islamic State shadow follows families as Iraq closes camps
Tuqqa Abdullah and her Iraqi family have wandered from one displaced people’s camp to the next in the past three years, buying time and hoping they will one day be able to go home. Just 14 when her …
Assad’s Syria Is Starting to Starve Like Saddam’s Iraq
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How Could US Drawdown in Iraq Aid ISIS, Iran?
In a quest to root out Islamic State group hideouts over the summer, Iraqi forces on the ground cleared nearly 90 villages across a notoriously unruly northern province. But the much-touted operation …
Iraq unrest fuels spike in domestic violence cases
Successive political and economic crises that have plagued Iraq since 2019 appear to be causing an unprecedented surge in domestic violence, the like of which the country hasn’t seen in decades. The …
My missions to Syria to learn the truth about Isis widow Sam Sally for I’m Not a Monster podcast
After surviving a bomb explosion in Iraq, reporter Joshua Baker heard of an intriguing story in Syria — and simply had to follow it up …
US to withdraw some staff from embassy in Iraq amid tensions with Iran
The Trump administration is withdrawing dozens of its diplomats from the US embassy in Baghdad, as tensions rise throughout the region. The withdrawal of diplomats was described to the Washington Post …
Assad’s Syria Is Starving Like Saddam’s Iraq
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How could US drawdown in Iraq aid ISIS, Iran? Here are three ways
While the planned U.S. troop drawdown in Iraq from 3,000 to 2,500 by mid-January is unlikely to have an immediate impact on the campaign against ISIS remnants, there are concerns that further …