Remember Donald Trump’s magical plan to turn $200 billion in federal money... hey, presto!... into $1.5 trillion in investment in America’s aging, underfunded infrastructure (to which the American Society of Civil Engineers gave a grade of D+ in 2017)? Why should you,...

Shlomo Sand, a remarkable scholar who studies how “peoples,” including the Jewish people, have been invented through myths propagated by court historians and politicians, makes a startling yet obvious connection in his book The Invention of the Land of...

Dear friend of Antiwar.com, I'm told by my Antiwar.com colleagues that they've received many inquiries about my health status since my cancer diagnosis, and they're urging me to write an update. Although I fear they are exaggerating the demand for this, out of a...

Iraq forces continue to focus their attention on the Syrian border where Islamic State militants are based.

ISIS militants killed a family during a home invasion.

The June issue of Vogue Arabia is dedicated to the “trailblazing women of Saudi Arabia” and the much-awaited June 24 date that will give Saudi women the right to drive. The cover shot is a glamorous photo of Princess Hayfa bint Abdullah Al Saud in the Jeddah desert,...

Oh, Gaza. Strong as death is love. I loved Gaza. That is a play on words. The Biblical Song of Songs says that love is strong as death. Strong in Hebrew is Aza. Aza is also the Hebrew name of Gaza. I have spent many happy hours in Gaza. I had many friends there. From...

A national veterans’ organization is weighing in on this year’s Emmy awards with a full-page ad in Variety, saying Ken Burns and Lynne Novick’s "Vietnam War" series does not deserve a "Best Documentary" award. Veterans For Peace (VFP),...

Despite having defeated ISIS, the Coalition launched several strikes against the militants in Iraq.

Almost 2,000 people were killed or found dead in Iraq during May. That includes 44 alleged militants killed in border operations in Syria.