Women Enslaved by ISIS Say They Did Not Consent to a Film About Them

The acclaimed documentary “Sabaya” portrays the rescue of Yazidi women sexually enslaved by the Islamic State terrorist group. But many of the traumatized women said they never agreed to be in the film.

Glenn Greenwald is Not Your Misunderstood Left Comrade

I have, as expected, received numerous emails defending Glenn Greenwald against a recent CounterPunch essay in which I, among other things (all of which

Ancient Gilgamesh tablet taken from Iraq and bought by Hobby Lobby is returned

The "Gilgamesh Dream Tablet" was illegally taken from Iraq. It contains part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the earliest pieces of storytelling poetry.

U.S. Troops Are Still Deploying to Iraq, Even as Afghan War Ends

In the other country the United States invaded after 9/11, American troops continue to serve combat tours in harm’s way. Meet the soldiers headed for duty in Iraq.

A National Rite of Passage: Beyond War

A recent New York Times op-ed was perhaps the strangest, most awkward and tentative defense of the military-industrial complex — excuse me, the experiment

20 years, $6 trillion, 900,000 lives

The enormous costs and elusive benefits of the war on terror.

The Other Victims of September 11 - Reveal

A car bombed in a drone strike sits along the highway between Shabwa and Marib, Yemen, in 2018. Credit: Safa Al AhmadThe Other Victims of 9/11Published on

The Debacle of "Nation Building" in Afghanistan and Iraq

In one of his interviews before the Taliban retook Afghanistan, John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, blamed the American failure in

Opinion | Post-9/11 "Nation-Building" in Afghanistan and Iraq Was Nothing But Destruction

Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.

Opinion | The Afghan War Took an Awful Toll. I Would Still Serve Again.

It’s not a surprise that many American veterans are highly cynical about these wars. We are also conflicted about our own service.

Move from fossil fuels and promote renewables, says Iraq - Climate News Network

7 September, 2021 − Iraq, the planet’s sixth-largest oil producer, urges the world to move from fossil fuels and focus on renewable energy.

In Invoking Beau, Biden Broaches a Loss That’s Guided His Presidency

Referring to Beau Biden with families of U.S. Marines killed in the Kabul airport bombing drew criticism, but the president remains haunted by memories of a son he described as “me, but without all the downsides.”

Opinion | Let’s Not Pretend That the Way We Withdrew From Afghanistan Was the Problem

Our ignominious exit reflects the failure of America’s foreign policy establishment at both prediction and policymaking.

After Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, Is It Credible to Trust the Intel Agencies on Wuhan?

“Surely, President Biden, you must be joking”! On May 26, these words should have poured forth from the White House Press Corps and the mainstream

A Hell Of Our Own Making

Reflections on the road to Kabul