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SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Tuesday that the United States is "open" to the idea of keeping American troops…
Nir Rosen
Hundreds of cars waiting in the heat to slowly pass through one of the dozens of checkpoints and searches they must endure…
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: President Obama declared an end to the combat mission in Iraq Tuesday night in the second Oval Office address…
When Somalia’s al-Shabab militia claimed responsibility for the July 11 suicide bombings that killed 76 people watching soccer on TV in Uganda,…
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: The commander of US forces in Afghanistan has submitted a long-awaited review of the Afghan war. General Stanley McChrystal’s…
I have spent most of the Bush administration’s tenure reporting from Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Somalia and other conflicts. I have been published…
Amy Goodman: The United Nations envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, warned the Security Council on Tuesday that violence in Afghanistan is the…
AMY GOODMAN: Reports out of Iraq say relative calm has returned to most cities today, as fighters loyal to Shia cleric Muqtada…
Recently, the US was calling for Muqtada al-Sadr’s head. Now, the fiery cleric may be the only man who can defuse Iraq’s…