In Post-Election Iraq, a Sense of Political Fatigue Lives on
Tired of candidates who offer splashy, unrealistic promises, many citizens lost faith in the electoral process. That discontent showed in the election turnout.
Iraq
The Complex Gender Politics of Kurdistan
While the region touts some of the most pro-feminism positions in the world, there are still many regressive aspects to its society.
Viewfinder: Walking Through Mosul After the Liberation
An Iraqi man walks past a prosthetic leg in a residential area in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, on March 13th, 2018.
Field Notes: Inside a Ravaged Building in Northern Iraq
Haji Ali, Iraq: A view of the village—which has been ravaged by battles against ISIS—through one of its destroyed buildings.
We Will Never Know How Many U.S. Troops Are Abroad
With Special Operations Command personnel making up an increasingly large share of troop levels abroad, the government mandate for wartime transparency becomes less binding.
Viewfinder: A School for Displaced Iraqi Children
Displaced Iraqi children from the former embattled city of Mosul attend school at the Hasan Sham camp, east of Erbil in northern Iraq, on November 20th, 2017.
How the Pentagon Repurposes Civilian Casualties as Anti-Terror Propaganda
The American military has released hundreds of videos showing U.S.-led coalition airstrikes. The victims are not always the intended targets.
Scenes From the Deadly Earthquake That's Devastated Iraq and Iran
The 7.3-magnitude earthquake killed more than 400 people and injured thousands.
Viewfinder: Iraqi Forces Clash With Kurds
A member of the Iraqi forces covers his ears as he fires a mortar against Kurdish Peshmerga positions near the Turkish and Syrian borders in the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region on October 26th, 2017.
Viewfinder: Iraqi Forces Launch Assault
Iraqi forces arrive in the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16th, 2017.
Viewfinder: Iraqi Kurds Vote for Independence
Syrian Kurds wave the Kurdish flag in the Syrian city of Qamishli on September 27th, 2017, during a gathering in support of the independence referendum in Iraq's northern Kurdish region.
Documenting the Anguish of War: An Interview With Photojournalist Paolo Pellegrin
After more than two peripatetic decades of assignments in the Balkans, Lebanon, Palestine, and Afghanistan, among many other places of conflict, photographer Paolo Pellegrin is still out there.
Viewfinder: Celebrating Victory in Mosul
An Iraqi boy flashes the sign for victory as he celebrates in the Old City of Mosul on July 9th, 2017, after the government's announcement of the liberation of the embattled city.
The Futile War Against Civilian Casualties
The rise of precision munitions should have made civilian casualties an avoidable relic of yesteryear. It didn't.
Countering the New Chemical Weapons Threat
It isn't fear mongering to properly prepare the public.
These Are the Westerners Joining ISIS
A new paper identifies the Westerners finding their way to Iraq and Syria—and how great a threat they pose, and what should be done to stop them.
Slouching Toward Iraq
What America's history of nation-building tells us about our failures in Iraq.
We Have Always Been At War With Mexico
What the Mexican novelist can teach us about the nativist fantasies of Donald Trump.
The Signs From Suruc
A recent bombing in the town of Suruc has prodded Turkey into re-thinking its approach to ISIS and Syria.
What They Saw Over There
A new study suggests witnessing death, not just deployment or combat, raises soldiers' risk of suicide.
Deployment Not Necessarily Behind Military Suicides
A military study finds the length of service and dishonorable discharges have a much larger influence on suicide risk than being sent to war.
Was Nazi Germany Everyone's Fault?
In a new essay collection, historian Richard J. Evans argues against the popular conception.
What's in a (Islamic) State?
The brutal violence the Islamic State has used to control its territory is as much as part of its establishment of a state in Syria and Iraq as are the services it provides.
