• After wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, rethinking how National Guard members are deployed

    After wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, rethinking how National Guard members are deployed

    Jul 05, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

    With the final military withdrawal from Afghanistan underway, a few state legislators in the U.S. are reconsidering the use of their National Guard units for undeclared foreign wars, like the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nearly half of the troops deployed to both countries over the past 20 years were from the National Guard and...

  • Power outages hit Iraq amid scorching temperatures

    Power outages hit Iraq amid scorching temperatures

    Jul 02, 2021 06:29 PM EDT

    ... mass anti-government demonstrations across Iraq in 2019. Iran cut crucial electricity exports to Iraq this week, which can amount to nearly a third of Iraq's supply in the peak summer months. Iraq's Electricity Minister Majed Hantoush also recently resigned, citing political and popular pressure.Iraq is capable ...

  • Donald Rumsfeld, architect of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, dies at 88

    Donald Rumsfeld, architect of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, dies at 88

    Jun 30, 2021 10:45 PM EDT

    ... And he propagated the now-debunked argument that Saddam Hussein harbored weapons of mass destruction. Question: What do you make of the statement made by Iraqi government, statement by the Iraqi government yesterday that Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction and is not developing them? Donald Rumsfeld: They are ...

  • News Wrap: Blinken says Syria, Iraq airstrikes meant to 'deter future action'

    News Wrap: Blinken says Syria, Iraq airstrikes meant to 'deter future action'

    Jun 28, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia groups in Syria and Iraq. President Joe Biden welcomed outgoing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to the White House. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a dispute over banning transgender students from using school restrooms that reflect their gender...

  • U.S. airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq

    U.S. airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq

    Jun 28, 2021 02:43 PM EDT

    ... by the Islamic State group and denied the presence of weapons warehouses. Iraq's military condemned the strikes as a "blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty and national security." It called for avoiding escalation, but also rejected that Iraq be an "arena for settling accounts" — a reference to the ...

  • As ISIS presence dwindles, U.S. troops in Iraq face other threats

    As ISIS presence dwindles, U.S. troops in Iraq face other threats

    Jun 20, 2021 07:42 PM EDT

    ... the Iraqis want, certainly not the Iraqis who work with us on a day to day basis. There’s certainly I think a portion of Iraqis who do want that, and that’s the problem.Leila Molana-Allen: Amid the global power-play, the fragile increase in security Iraqis currently ...

  • Watch Iraq's secretive counterterrorism unit track down and extract an ISIS fighter

    Watch Iraq's secretive counterterrorism unit track down and extract an ISIS fighter

    Jun 17, 2021 08:00 PM EDT

    ... laid on the road to target us on our way out. But Khamisa and her family have no place else to go. All they can do is prepare for another long night of watching and waiting in fear. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Leila Molana-Allen in Kirkuk, Iraq.

  • House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization

    House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization

    Jun 17, 2021 04:32 PM EDT

    ... use of force in Iraq, which remains on the books. The 1991 authorization gave President George H.W. Bush the authority to use force against Iraq to enforce a series of U.N. Security Council resolutions passed in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. The Senate and House would ...

  • Schumer, White House back repeal of Iraq War authorization

    Schumer, White House back repeal of Iraq War authorization

    Jun 16, 2021 09:31 PM EDT

    ... of force in Iraq, which remains on the books. The 1991 authorization gave then President George H.W. Bush the authority to use force against Iraq to enforce a series of U.N. Security Council resolutions passed in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The 2002 authorization was directed ...

  • Death toll in fire at Iraqi COVID-19 hospital surpasses 80

    Death toll in fire at Iraqi COVID-19 hospital surpasses 80

    Apr 25, 2021 05:43 PM EDT

    The deadly fire was only the latest chapter in Iraq’s poor record for public safety. In March 2019, over 100 people died when a ferry capsized on the Tigris River near the northern city of Mosul. The boat overturned due to overcrowding and high water. A few months later ...