Policies such American-backed 1953 coup that overthrew Iran's Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and U.S of Iraq to topple President Saddam Hussein remain in the region. ..…

In the speech entitled 'A Force for Good: America's Reinvigorated Role in the Middle East,' Pompeo extolled the Trump administration's actions across the region cementing ties with traditional, albeit authoritarian, friendly governments, taking on the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and..…

Bush with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at Camp David on June 2, 1990. AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander A month after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, in September 1990, Bush and Gorbachev issued a joint statement noting that “no peaceful international order is possible if larger states can..…

As should have been obvious then and certainly is in retrospect now, Obama never intended to be an antiwar president. He sustained the occupation of Iraq, increased the troop presence in Afghanistan, launched a global drone war and attempted to confront China through his administration’s..…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Iraq's President Barham Saleh Baghdad, Iraq, during Middle East tour, January 9, 2019. ..…

In the speech entitled “A Force for Good: America’s Reinvigorated Role in the Middle East,” Pompeo extolled the Trump administration’s actions across the region cementing ties with traditional, albeit authoritarian, friendly governments, taking on the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and..…

Pompeo also argued for President Trump's vision of America finally ending its decades-long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the United States has often been portrayed as an occupying power. . ..…