Iraq

Remember the Carter Doctrine

Max Boot and Michael Doran · April 20, 2015 4:00 am

Iraq security troops distribute bottles of water to displaced families from Ramadi on Bzebiz bridge 65 km west of Baghdad., Iraq, Saturday, April 18, 2015. Thousands of displaced people form Ramadi city continue to pour to Baghdad, fleeing the ongoing fighting in Anbar provincial capital between Iraqi security forces and fighters from Islamic State militant group. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

National Security

Iraq regains largest oil refinery, but Islamic State spreading new fears in Anbar

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 18, 2015 5:19 pm

A U.S F-18 fighter refuels over Iraq. As of March 10, 2015 (date of this photo) U.S. planes have handled 80 percent of the campaigns's airstrikes. (AP Photo/Razan Alzayani)

National Security

U.S. Central Command: Islamic State’s capabilities dwindling

Tara Copp · April 17, 2015 7:35 pm

If This Is What Success Looks Like, Just Imagine Failure

If This Is What Success Looks Like, Just Imagine Failure

Geoffrey Norman · April 17, 2015 6:32 pm

Pity They Can’t Both Lose

Pity They Can’t Both Lose

Geoffrey Norman · April 17, 2015 3:54 pm

Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi speaks about the future of Iraq, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Thursday, April 16. 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Abadi visit tests Obama’s commitment to preserving Iraq

Susan Crabtree · April 17, 2015 9:00 am

In this Thursday, July 31, 2014, file photo, smoke rises from an oil refinery in Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, after an attack by Islamic militants. (AP)

National Security

U.S. prepared to let one Iraqi city fall to defend oil-rich Beiji

Tara Copp · April 16, 2015 9:11 pm

‘Why Are We Giving F-16s to an Iranian-Infiltrated Government?’

‘Why Are We Giving F-16s to an Iranian-Infiltrated Government?’

Lee Smith · April 16, 2015 8:15 pm

Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi arrives at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Thursday, April 16. 2015, to speak about the future of Iraq. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Iraq leader Abadi says he never had a wish list for Obama

Susan Crabtree · April 16, 2015 4:51 pm

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks about the future of Iraq, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Thursday. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

Abadi stresses political, economic path forward for Iraq

Tara Copp · April 16, 2015 3:06 pm

In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, left, gives a rifle to a Sunni volunteer at a camp in Habaniyah, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq. After victory against Islamic State militants in the city of Tikrit, Iraq's prime minister vowed, earlier in the week, to protect the people living in territories controlled by the Islamic State group from any retribution or rights violations when their lands are retaken by government forces. (AP Photo)

National Security

U.S. having trouble ensuring Iraq’s Sunnis get training to fight Islamic State

Tara Copp · April 16, 2015 9:00 am

President Obama shakes hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi after a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office. (Photo by Mike Theiler -Pool/Getty Images)

Obama’s ambiguous response to Iraqi PM’s visit

Susan Crabtree · April 15, 2015 9:00 am