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Book Reviews: ‘An American Dream,’ by David Finkel; ‘A Dangerous Country,’ Ron Kovic; ‘Diplomats at War’ Charles Trueheart.
Three new books track the pain that persists among American soldiers and diplomats in the aftermath of war.
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Inside America’s Shadow War With Iran
There’s another Middle East conflict going on, and U.S. soldiers are on the front lines of it.
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The Justice of Israel’s War in Gaza Will Depend on How It Ends
How to think about the moral complexities in the Israel-Gaza war.
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Why Authoritarians Like Saddam Hussein Confound U.S. Presidents
A C.I.A. capable of making a mistake on the scale of its miss about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction was not part of Saddam Hussein’s worldview.
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Iran’s Proxies Curtail Attacks on American Bases in Iraq and Syria After U.S. Strikes
Tehran, wary of igniting open warfare with Washington, has told militia groups it backs to curtail assaults on targets such as military installations, Iranian and American officials say.
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Book Review: ‘The Achilles Trap,’ by Steve Coll
In “The Achilles Trap,” Steve Coll paints the demise of the Iraqi dictator as a tragedy of misperceptions on both sides.
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U.S. Strike Killed Afghans Recruited to Fight for Iran
Refugees who joined the largely overlooked Fatemiyoun Brigade to battle for Shiite Islam and escape crushing poverty had become a force in Tehran’s proxy wars.
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It’s Not Time for Our Troops to Leave the Middle East
Should U.S. troops stay in Syria and Iraq, or should they go? And if they stay, how does American leadership prevent these attacks from continuing?
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Iraq Hosts Both U.S. and Iranian-Backed Forces. It’s Getting Tense.
As Iranian-backed groups and American forces, both of which have bases in Iraq, lock horns around the Mideast, things are becoming uncomfortable for the Iraqi government.
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U.S. Strikes Hit Most of Targets in Iraq and Syria, Pentagon Says
U.S. officials acknowledge that the targeted militias still retain the majority of their capability to carry out future attacks.
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Syria and Iraq Say U.S. Strikes Killed Civilians
The Biden administration said that its strikes on sites used by Iranian forces and Iran-backed militias in retaliation for the killing of three U.S. troops would not be the last.
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U.S. Strikes in Yemen, Syria and Iraq: A Timeline
The United States has led a wave of retaliatory strikes in the Middle East, hitting scores of targets belonging to Iranian-backed armed groups.
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U.S. Conducts Retaliatory Strikes Against Iranian Proxies as War Deepens
The strikes, in response to a drone attack that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan this week, were a sharp escalation of hostilities in the Middle East.
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U.S. Retaliates With Strikes in Iraq and Syria After Drone Attack
The Times verified two videos filmed in Al Qaim, Iraq, showing a series of fires and explosions close to the Syrian border. The flames appear to have caused secondary explosions at the site.
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The U.S. Conducted Retaliatory Strikes in Iraq and Syria
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A Big Strategic Realignment in the Middle East May Be Coming
Thomas L. Friedman on what he hopes a “Biden Doctrine” for the region will look like.
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How Closely Does Iran Control Its Proxy Forces? It Depends.
Tehran provides arms and support to an array of militant groups across the Mideast, but it does not call all the shots, experts say.
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An Impeachment Push, and a Militia’s Surprise Move
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U.S. Strikes 3 Iran-Linked Militia Sites in Iraq
The strikes were “in direct response” to a series of attacks by Iranian-sponsored militias against U.S. and coalition personnel in Iraq and Syria, the defense secretary said.
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Ex-U.S. Soldier Who Killed Iraqi Civilian Charged with Attacking Police on Jan. 6
Edward Richmond Jr., 40, of Geismar, La., was convicted of manslaughter after he shot a cow herder in Iraq in 2004. He now faces felony assault charges in connection to the 2021 Capitol riot.
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