Islamic State seized Mosul, once Iraq’s second-largest city with a population of about 1.2 million, in 2014.
Oct. 17, 2016
World & Nation
Obama: Crimea not another Cold War but a ‘contest of ideas’
March 26, 2014
The old Iraqi gambler with wise eyes and sure instincts put down his binoculars for a moment Wednesday, turned from the racetrack and smiled at a rare American visitor in the VIP room at the Iraqi Horse Club.
Jan. 21, 1993
As Iraq tilts ever closer to abject chaos and civil war, the world’s attention naturally focuses on military actions, and on what steps the U.S. might take in a war it had hoped was over and done with.
June 13, 2014
California
July 20, 2014
One is an independent journalist who traveled to the Middle East apparently in pursuit of his next big story.
Jan. 20, 2015
In Brussels, Obama calls Crimea crisis a ‘contest of ideas’
Opinion
Letters: Crisis in the Crimea
March 4, 2014
Terrorist violence exploded around the world last year, driven by a surge in attacks by the Islamic State extremist group in the Middle East and Boko Haram in West Africa, the State Department said in a report Friday.
June 19, 2015
Ft. Hood shooting underscores Army’s mental health crisis
April 4, 2014