One of the common errors made in analyzing a combat force is looking at the armed services in isolation. To comprehend the organization of the Iraqi Army, you have to factor in the contributions of ...

In June 2007, all 10 army divisions will be under the control of the Iraqi Ground Forces Command. "They will be in receipt of additional armored protected mobility," Dempsey said. The Iraqis will ...

Is there any way of knowing how much of the city of Tikrit is under the control of the Iraqi government now? DUNLOP: Pro-government forces have moved in from outlying neighborhoods, especially ...

Iraqi government and Kurdish forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition air and ground support, launched coordinated military operations early on Monday as the long-awaited fight to wrest the northern ...

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq — Every day in Iraq ... Through it all, the standard Air Force mission of providing cover for troops on the ground gets accomplished. The effort starts with the 332nd ...

Iraqi security forces, Arkan says, are certainly capable of succeeding against ISIS. "It's not even a matter of opinion" he says. "We're doing it on the ground. We just took over a city." ...

The Mosul offensive involves more than 25,000 Iraqi ground forces as well as U.S.-led coalition aircraft and advisers. It is expected to take weeks, if not months, to drive IS from Mosul ...

Over the past three and a half years, Iraqi ground forces closely backed by the U.S.-led coalition have retaken all of that territory. However, ISIS fighters remain capable of carrying out ...

Iraq has launched as many as 12 Scud missiles on troop positions in Kuwait, where U.S. forces are staging for a ground assault. At least two of the missiles were reportedly intercepted and ...

The coalition statement did not give a casualty estimate. “Despite coordination with the Iraqi security forces on the ground, initial reports indicate the possibility one of the strikes resulted ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces will probably not be able to recapture ground they have lost to Islamist militants without assistance, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday.