The U.S. government is good at doing what it’s not supposed to be doing – invading other countries without provocation, utilizing "soft power" in order to pull off regime change, enriching politically favored economic interests under the guise of promoting...

At least 138 people were killed and 153 wounded across Iraq on Sunday. Over half the fatalities belong to civilians or security forces. The worst attack targeted Kurds in Diyala province, not far from the Iranian border. Meanwhile, a U.S. general seems to be foreshadowing the eventual use of combat troops in Iraq.

Bombers struck in Baghdad and nearby Meshahda, leaving scores in their wake. Half of the 214 killed on Saturday were civilians and security personnel. Another 182 were wounded, almost all over them civilians. In Baghdad, a suicide bomber killed 13 people and wounded...

Lately, the words "Crusaders" and "Zionists" have been appearing more and more often as twins. In a documentary about ISIS I just saw, they appeared together in almost every sentence uttered by the Islamist fighters, including teenagers. Some sixty...

The coming general elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina (October 12) won't solve anything. This is the earth-shattering conclusion of the analysis by Antonio Cortiñas, from the Elcano Royal Institute in Spain. Cortiñas, a former Spanish officer "with...

Many attacks were launched against Islamic State targets on Friday, mostly airstrikes. The militants executed several civilians in northern Iraq. Overall, at least 197 were killed and 20 were wounded.

Barack Obama could have been worse in terms of foreign policy. Now, worse is a silly word to use when you’re talking about life and death. It’s not going to comfort survivors to know that more people died in the last war or Hellfire missile strike than in this one...

Glenn Greenwald has a fascinating piece in The Intercept making the case that the "war on terrorism" is going to be "endless," as he puts it. From a decade to twenty years to Leon Panetta’s recent pronouncement that "I think we’re looking at...

Originally posted at TomDispatch. You remember. It was the oiliest of administrations. The president was a (failed) West Texas oilman. The vice-president had been the CEO of the giant oil field services company, Halliburton, and before taking office, when speaking at...

Fighting against the militants continued today, but it does not appear to be working in Anbar province where leaders said the region would soon fall to the militants. Across the country, 112 people were killed and 37 were wounded.