Iraq War

Calls for US military action in Iraq and Syria in response to the tragic killings of westerners ignore the wider context of instability in the Middle East.

The US war in Iraq is the longest in the country's history. The United States invasion that began in 2003 left over a million people dead.

After thousands of years of bloody wars among contending tribes, regions, and nations, is it finally possible to dispense with the chauvinist ideas of the past?

It is the sign of a sick country when the people worship authority.

A new report finds many talking heads who have been fanning the flames of war in the news media have ties to Pentagon contractors.

An international summit on combating militants from the Islamic State has opened in France, bringing together around 30 countries from a US-led coalition.

The fact that ISIS controls Mosul is not compatible with the idea that air strikes alone can accomplish the president's plan. Ground troops will be required.

The US military media industrial complex is corrupting our airwaves.

The Pentagon has announced it will soon start flying bombing missions out of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq as part of an expanded US-led military campaign against militants …

Institute for Policy Studies fellow Phyllis Bennis says military strategies have failed; only a political and diplomatic solution will work.