Qassim Soleimani

A brave U.S. army lieutenant general may be risking his career to resist Trump administration efforts to provoke war with Iran. Robert P. White, who commands American forces in Iraq, last week wrote what the New York Times called a “blunt memo,” in which he opposed a new plan by…

The reliance on the military for emergency response is a testament to the failures of the liberal welfare state. When we begin to feel the worst effects of the climate crisis, are we just going to hand the country over to unelected military brass? On March 18, New York City…

The reliance on the military for emergency response is a testament to the failures of the U.S. welfare state. When we begin to feel the worst effects of the climate crisis, are we just going to hand the country over to unelected military brass? On March 18, New York City…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The ever-escalating global spread of the coronavirus is taking lives, shattering economies, decimating health-care systems and ratcheting up panic at unprecedented levels. But with such attention fixated on the ever-complex, ever-unknown public health impasse touching every…

Military officials say troops from the U.S.-led coalition have pulled out from a base in western Iraq as part of a planned drawdownBy SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated PressMarch 19, 2020, 8:16 PM3 min readBAGHDAD -- Troops from the U.S.-led coalition pulled out from a base in western Iraq…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Troops from the U.S.-led coalition pulled out from a base in western Iraq on Thursday as part of a planned drawdown, Iraqi and coalition officials said, while training activities by the coalition were suspended amid concerns about the coronavirus. Coalition forces withdrew from al-Qaim on the Iraq-Syria…

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By Samya Kullab And Qassim Abdul-ZahraThe Associated PressThu., March 19, 2020timer2 min. readBAGHDAD - Troops from the U.S.-led coalition pulled out from a base in western Iraq on Thursday as part of a planned drawdown, Iraqi and coalition officials said, while training activities by the coalition were suspended amid concerns…

What is the current balance of power in the Middle East?  In conventional terms it rests overwhelmingly with the West and its allies, whose combined arsenals dwarf those of Iran and its partners. But the more subtle “balance of effective force” — in other words, those capabilities which are most…

President Donald Trump is facing the first true crisis of his presidency. While many have long worried how well-prepared the Trump administration would be to manage a foreign policy emergency, it is not a confrontation with North Korea or Iran that presents the clearest danger to his presidency. Covid-19 is…