The real basis for the war was the conception that by conquering Iraq Washington could seize control of the energy resources of Middle East—giving it stranglehold over the oil lifeline to its principal rivals Asia and Europe—and thereby offset the decline of US imperialism’s global..…

In the first hours of the operation, Turkish warplanes and artillery shelled towns along swath, stretching from Ain Issa, about 30 miles from Euphrates River, to Malikiyah, near Syria's with Iraq. . The offensive has presented Trump with dilemma as it has sought to balance Washington's..…

The logical and moral endpoint of AUMF of 2002 came when Saddam Hussein was deposed, no weapons of mass destruction were found, and Washington installed a friendly (lately, not so friendly) regime in Iraq. . ..…

Washington saw Kurds as valuable allies in its so-called anti campaign against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant .. ..…