I survived war in Iran. These US bombs feel eerily familiar. | Opinion It's easy to speak of war in the passive voice. Collateral damage. Strategic necessity. Regime change. But there are millions ...

For them, the war is an artifact of the past. I am a Middle East historian and an Islamic studies scholar who teaches two undergraduate courses that cover the 2003 invasion and the Iraq War.

The failures of a foreign technocratic nation-building project turned many Americans into cynics and panic-mongers. Trump reminded them that a superpower must act like one.

Iraq was in crisis before Israel and Iran started trading blows. Now, it’s next door to a conflict. In the days before Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, the State Department was preparing for ...

A case that the recent US strikes on Iran are unlawful, unnecessary, unpopular, and risky—especially for persecuted Iranian Christians who should be safe and free.

Tensions in Iraq have grown in the wake of the Israeli attack on Iran on June 12. Pro-Iranian Iraqi militias have increased their threats against US forces and held rallies against the US presence in ...

Iran launched missile attacks Monday on U.S. military bases in Qatar and Iraq, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites and escalating tensions in the volatile region.

That leads us to the second major difference between now and the Iraq War. Trump is only using the military for military actions, not some vague viceregal nation-building and policing mission.

The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel's effort to destroy Iran's nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe.

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.