Witnesses say they have seen Daesh disappear from several western towns in Iraq.

Chemical attacks continued in the Turkmen town of Taza. Meanwhile, Turkey killed dozens of PKK guerillas in unauthorized airstrikes.

Americans can sleep easier now that the US military has wiped out 150 more “terrorists.” US airstrikes over Somalia targeted al-Shabab militants, who were, according to Pentagon spokesperson Captain Jeff Davis, planning “offensive operations.”...

Ever since the Black Lives Matter movement exploded into the headlines, violence by American police officers has come under fire from activists and ordinary citizens alike. Less discussed, however, is how the U.S. government winks at the police brutality of its client...

Dozens more victims of chemical attacks were reported in Iraq. One of the victims died.

Everyone expected another street brawl, but the Republican presidential debate was … well, presidential. The issues were actually discussed and debated, and foreign policy came to the forefront early on. When Social Security came up, three of the candidates said we...

Has the Democratic party moved so far to the neoconnish right that red-baiting is now back in fashion in those circles? One would certainly think so if the latest Clinton-Sanders debate is any indication. I’ve covered the Republican presidential debates in this space...

Originally posted at TomDispatch. With General John Campbell’s tour of duty in Afghanistan finished, a new commander has taken over. Admittedly, things did not go well during Campbell’s year and a half heading up the International Security Assistance Force...

Over the long weekend before the Mississippi and Michigan primaries, the sky above Sea Island was black with corporate jets. Apple's Tim Cook, Google's Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, Napster's Sean Parker, Tesla Motors' Elon Musk, and other members of the super-rich...

M.P. Muhammad Al- Khalidi, a Sunni, asked the Iraqi government to declare a state of emergency in Diyala province where lax security and sectarian tensions are creating severe problems. Shi’ite militiamen remaining in the predominantly Sunni province after the...