• Kushner arrives in Iraq with Joint Chiefs chairman for visit

    Kushner arrives in Iraq with Joint Chiefs chairman for visit

    Apr 03, 2017 01:00 PM EST

    ... Xi Jinping at Trump's winter retreat in Palm Beach, Florida. His visit marks an early foray for the Trump administration into the situation in Iraq and came just two weeks after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he was assured by the president the U.S. will accelerate ...

  • News Wrap: Disputed airstrike in Iraq under investigation

    News Wrap: Disputed airstrike in Iraq under investigation

    Mar 29, 2017 11:36 PM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: The U.S. military announced that its review of a disputed airstrike in Iraq is now a formal investigation. Local officials in Mosul say the March 17 strike killed at least 100 civilians. Today, the top U.S. American commander for ...

  • Officials: New Trump travel ban removes Iraq from list

    Officials: New Trump travel ban removes Iraq from list

    Mar 01, 2017 01:08 PM EST

    ... he said. After Trump signed the original order, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi disputed the ban and said he would consider reciprocal measures. Many Iraqi lawmakers urged the government to ban Americans from Iraq in response, despite the potential effects that might have on the anti-IS fight. Al ...

  • As battle in Mosul rages on, Iraqi forces bomb ISIS in Syria

    As battle in Mosul rages on, Iraqi forces bomb ISIS in Syria

    Feb 26, 2017 09:38 PM EST

    ... they are flying over Iraqi positions, both Iraqi military and civilians in some cases and dropping conventional grenades which detonate on impact, which has -- the Iraqi military and U.S. coalition, which is supporting the Iraqi military push have said that this isn’t going to prevent the retaking of ...

  • Conditions deteriorate in west Mosul as Iraqi advances slow

    Conditions deteriorate in west Mosul as Iraqi advances slow

    Feb 25, 2017 07:59 PM EST

    MOSUL, Iraq — The Iraqi advance into Mosul's western half slowed Saturday as combat turned to urban warfare and Iraqi forces met stiff resistance from the Islamic State group. Hundreds of civilians poured out of Mosul on foot following the advances, but the vast majority of 750,000 estimated to ...

  • Petraeus says Trump order is blocking Iraqi general from US

    Petraeus says Trump order is blocking Iraqi general from US

    Feb 01, 2017 05:43 PM EST

    ... person with officers from U.S. Central Command. The command in Tampa, Florida, oversees U.S. military operations against the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and Syria. Petraeus also says al-Kenani's family lives in the United States because of threats they face in Iraq. But Petraeus didn ...

  • How Trump’s immigration ban is jeopardizing one Iraqi translator’s future in America

    How Trump’s immigration ban is jeopardizing one Iraqi translator’s future in America

    Jan 31, 2017 06:35 PM EST

    ... U.S. military, Abdul Hamid Abdul Ghani has plenty of souvenirs. He proudly shows us military coins given to him by U.S. commanders in Iraq. ABDUL HAMID, Former Iraqi Interpreter: And this was what I got from General Petraeus. JANE FERGUSON: As an Iraqi fluent in English, he was ...

  • Obama leaves complicated legacy in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria

    Obama leaves complicated legacy in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria

    Jan 14, 2017 12:33 AM EST

    President Obama came into office with a desire to wind down America’s wars overseas. Today the Middle East is a far more volatile place than it was. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports and Judy Woodruff gets an assessment from Gen. David Petraeus, former Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon, and Eric Edelman, former...

  • Why Iraqi boys and men are disappearing amid ISIS concerns

    Why Iraqi boys and men are disappearing amid ISIS concerns

    Jan 05, 2017 12:19 AM EST

    As the battle for Mosul continues, Iraqi civilians are fleeing to camps where security concerns are ripping families apart. Iraqi security forces and Kurdish authorities have a mandate to keep members of ISIS from escaping, so men and boys are routinely taken for investigation, leaving their families to worry about when, and if, they’ll return....

  • Survival and sadness in Iraq's Christian towns

    Survival and sadness in Iraq's Christian towns

    Nov 20, 2016 08:42 PM EST

    ... CHRISTOPHER LIVESAY: Iraq’s Nineveh Plains lie between the Kurdish north and the Arab south. The area is home to a variety of ethnic minorities, including a group of people known as Assyrians. They are descendants of the world’s first Christians, whose presence here dates back to the ...