When the U.S. invasion of Iraq began, NPR's Mideast editor Larry Kaplow was a reporter in Baghdad. Looking back now, he writes that the signs and warnings of the chaos to come were all too clear then.

I was based in Baghdad as a journalist with Cox Newspapers and then Newsweek from 2003 to 2009. I'd already been to Iraq several times in the years before the war, starting in 1998, as a reporter ...

A dozen masked men jump out of two SUVs and a white pickup and storm a KFC in Baghdad, smashing everything in sight before fleeing the scene. A few days earlier, similar violence played out at Lee ...

Attacks on US brands rattle Baghdad as anger over the war in Gaza surges Published: Jun. 07, 2024, 7:08 a.m. Iraqi security forces stand guard in front of Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in ...

Before advancing on Iraqis to its front, the TF had to deal with Ansar Al-Islam terrorists operating to their rear. By April 11, TF Viking and its Kurdish allies had captured Mosul, the third most ...

The night the skies over Baghdad were illuminated, the 24-hour news cycle took over CNN’s live coverage of Operation Desert Storm launched a new era in television news ...

The largest F-16 operation in history had failed; the overwhelming anti-air defenses and the impenetrable smokescreens deployed around Baghdad had rendered the American efforts futile, forcing ...

WASHINGTON -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is intensifying his efforts to hide in Baghdad before the onset of war, U.S. officials said. Saddam went on television Tuesday, appearing in military ...

D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai plays “Warfare” co-director Ray Mendoza in the war drama. (A24) Is “Warfare” based on a true story? “Warfare” is based on a real November 2006 mission that ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — A dozen masked men jump out of two SUVs and a white pickup and storm a KFC in Baghdad, smashing everything in sight before fleeing the scene. A few days earlier, similar violence ...