The brutal fight against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq four decades ago shaped Tehran’s approach to the recent war and guides its ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and ...

Given that Israeli and American advocates of regime change in Iran will not abandon their pursuit of this ...

As the U.S. struck Iran, the prospect for retaliation was running high in neighboring Iraq, where American and Iranian ...

President Trump is pondering swift military action in Iran. There were similar expectations that the war in Iraq would be ...

The risk of a spiraling conflagration that pulls the U.S. in deeper flies in the face of Trump’s own rhetoric about righting ...

Possible precedents for an air occupation in Iran include Israel’s aerial dominance over Gaza and Lebanon, plus the U.S.-led ...

JAMES JEFFREY served as a Foreign Service Officer in seven U.S. administrations, including, during the first Trump ...

When the U.S. attacked Iran, many pointed to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq as a parallel. But it is important to stress the ...

The recent US military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities may have delayed its nuclear ambitions, but it may also have ...

U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites sparked sharply divergent reactions. Those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan have a ...

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is chipping away at Iran’s regional influence. He is urging Syria and Lebanon to join the ...