Possible precedents for an air occupation in Iran include Israel’s aerial dominance over Gaza and Lebanon, plus the U.S.-led no-fly zones over Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.

Israel's knocking out of Iranian air defenses also cleared the path for U.S. aircraft to launch their own strikes on three ...

Iraq has announced findings from its investigation into drone attacks on military bases during the recent Israel-Iran war.

Israel learned from the 2024 attacks. During the 12-day war in June, Israel focused on taking out Iranian missile launchers, ...

“The war [in Iraq] cost us thousands of U.S. lives, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives, and we left after 20 years without doing too much good.” “Afghanistan was a failure," he said.

"Strengthening air defense capabilities is clearly an urgent priority for Iran at the moment," expert Hongda Fan told ...

Since I started teaching courses related to the Iraq War in 2010, my students have shifted from millennials to Generation Z. The latter were born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For many Iranians it was a lightning sequence of events: A 12-day war with Israel and a sudden, U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Now, as they return to their ...

Many Iranians are still reeling from the 12-day war with Israel and a sudden, U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

A B-2 stealth bomber in flight. However President Trump’s bombing attack on Iran plays out, comparisons with George W. Bush’s Iraq war are off base. (Jerod Harris / Getty Images) ...

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East from February 2021 to February 2024.