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How Star Wars influenced Uday Hussein’s paramilitary unit in Iraq
Saddam admired science fiction movies like “Star Wars,” but it was Uday who took his admiration of the series to the extreme.
By Zamone Perez
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Schumer, White House back repeal of Iraq War authorization
The White House said it supports the legislation and stressed that no ongoing military activities are reliant upon the 2002 authorization.
The mystery of the oil tanker that disappeared in the Strait of Hormuz
It drifted into Iranian waters and stopped transmitting its location more than two days ago.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Stars and Stripes and strife: Americans’ especially close relationship with their flag
From the Revolution to the present conflict in Iraq, use of the flag has progressed from primarily a naval emblem rarely flown by patriotic citizens to a widely revered national symbol.
As tensions rise, could Iran mistake airliners for warplanes?
Iraqi officials said ExxonMobil Corp. began evacuating staff from Basra, and Bahrain ordered its citizens out of Iraq and Iran over "the recent escalations and threats."
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Iraq bans ‘Fortnite,' says video games are negatively influencing its youth
These damned kids and their video machines
By Jon Simkins
If US troops leave Syria, what happens to America’s Kurdish partners in the fight?
The U.S. needed a partner on the ground to fight ISIS. Now, if the Americans leave, the Kurds stand to lose everything.
Who are Yemen’s Houthis?
The guided-missile destroyers Nitze and Mason carried out Tomahawk strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen more than two years ago. So who are they?
By Myriam Renaud, University of Chicago
1991 Gulf War looms large over Bush’s Mideast legacy
With Bush's death, his legacy across the Middle East takes root in that 100-hour ground war that routed Iraqi forces.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Iran begins aerial maneuvers near strategic Strait of Hormuz
The drill involves the military’s and Revolutionary Guard fighter jets, including U.S.-made F-4, French Mirage and Russian Sukhoi-22 planes, the report said, adding that five logistics and combat helicopters are also taking part in the exercise over the Persian Gulf waters and the Sea of Oman.
Navy corpsman ran through a wall of fire to save his Marines during ambush in Iraq
He treated about a dozen Marines that day, even putting one on his back and carrying him out of the kill zone.
By Jon Simkins