In other words, the U.S. would fight another major insurgency in the Middle East. It would be the battle of Fallujah on steroids. The Gazan population is six times greater than that Iraqi city was in ...

In late 2004, the Second Battle of Fallujah commenced. It was an American-led offensive during the Iraq War, with the ...

U.S. assistance for managing and securing camps in northeastern Syria with Islamic State-linked prisoners "cannot last ...

In Afghanistan, USAID saved a lot of American lives. Those wells, schools, and hospitals may have eventually fallen into the ...

Chaos in Syria deepens as a newly formed Iraqi militia vows to defend the Alawites from alleged Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS)-led atrocities and Alawite militias escalate attacks on HTS-affiliated groups ...

The large presence of US ground forces has had little effect on Iraqi politics, or on the insurgency. The surge has redistributed insurgent activity but not suppressed it. Ironically, the violence ...

A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial ...

When asked if it was worth risking the life of a single U.S. Marine to turn the Gaza Strip into “the Riviera of the Middle ...

ISIS is a terrorist organization that emerged from the Iraqi insurgency following the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. The organization rose to international prominence during the 2010s, particularly in ...

The Post ventured to the front lines of an offensive against the Islamic State in northern Somalia, where foreign fighters are flowing in and cash is flowing out.