Iraq

Events in Iraq are headline news everywhere, and once again, there is no mention of the issue that underlies much of the violence: control of Iraqi oil.

Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise trip to Baghdad today to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Pressure is mounting on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to form a less sectarian government or to resign.

As our policymakers plan next steps in Iraq, let us do all we can to prevent the Iraqi people from remaining “something of an abstraction.”

“Labeiki ya Zaynab,” chanted Iraqi Shia fighters as they swayed, dancing with their rifles before TV news cameras in Baghdad on June 13. They were apparently getting ready for …

The current level of violence in Iraq has a single root: the destabilizing act in 2003 of illegally invading and then occupying Iraq ordered by the George W. Bush …

"I spent the first decade of the 21st century dealing with these blood-sodden bastards from the Bush administration. Now, it appears, I will spend a chunk of a second …

At this writing, President Obama has neither the legal nor the political mandate to conduct airstrikes in Iraq or Syria.

“The biggest mistake was to invade Iraq,” said former UN-Arab League special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.

As Iraq was unraveling last week, the possible outlines of the first jihadist state in modern history came into view.