During the Iran-Iraq war, F-5 played an extremely important role. It was used by Iran for various tasks, including CAS, interdiction and Combat Air Patrols. Iraq on the other hand operated various ...

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Most of these problems stem directly or indirectly from the war. The 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the war that followed are defining events in the histories of both countries – and the region.

Six days into the Israeli strikes, the dominant public feeling is a mix of deep fear and unrelenting anger. The anxiety is ...

The Iran-Iraq war, 9/11, and the story of Iranian Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani, from his rise to power, to his assassination, by the U.S., to the power his legacy wields now.This ...

U.S. soldiers battle Shiite militias in Sadr City, Iraq on May 13, 2008. Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images. Historically, Iran has relied on its network of proxy forces in Lebanon, Iraq ...

Labour and Lib Dem MPs called for rigour over intelligence on Iran’s nuclear capabilities as comparisons were drawn to Libya ...

I learned what a bomb sounds like before I learned how to write my own name. We lived in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, in a house with blackout curtains and tape on the windows. My ...

It is a country of 90 million people. Its government is likely to be much more resilient. The more likely scenario is akin to what happened to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq after the first Gulf War. What will ...

Israel-Iran war recalls the 2003 US invasion of Iraq – a war my undergraduate students see as a relic of the past. By Andrea Stanton, University of Denver June 26, 2025 ...