(Tribune News Service) — Jose Barco, a decorated U.S. Army veteran once based out of Fort Carson who served two tours in Iraq ...

The U.S. military’s recruiting troubles came just as it was attempting a fundamental shift in its mission. For decades, the ...

Baghdad — The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their ... the country and forming a national army. “Most leaders of the Shiite ...

FILE - U.S. Army soldiers stand outside their armored vehicle on a joint base with the Iraqi army, south of Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File) ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces to exit the country, multiple Iraqi and American ...

Regime Change in Syria Has Iraqi Factions Backtracking on Push for ... their control over the country and forming a national army. “Most leaders of the Shiite Coordination Framework are in ...

FILE - U.S. Army soldiers stand outside their armored vehicle on a joint base with the Iraqi army, south of Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File) In Iraq, as in much of the ...

Many in Iraq also fear that IS could take advantage of the security vacuum to stage a comeback while Syria's new leaders are still consolidating their control over the country and forming a national ...

An entire division of the Iraqi army, numbering 8,000 soldiers, surrendered to coalition forces in southern Iraq, Pentagon officials said. Iraq's 51st Infantry Division surrendered as British and ...