For them, the war is an artifact of the past. I am a Middle East historian and an Islamic studies scholar who teaches two undergraduate courses that cover the 2003 invasion and the Iraq War.

Iraq War Iraq War The Iraq War’s Worst Legacy: Endless Confrontation With Iran This month marks twenty years since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003.

Opposition to the Iraq war is at an all-time high despite reports of a reduction of violence in the country, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday. Sixty-eight percent of ...

March 20, 2003: US invasion of Iraq launched; Baghdad is attacked with missiles and bombs in an attempt to target Saddam Hussein ...

Most of the differences between Iraq in 2003 and Iran in 2025 suggest lower risks of a foreign policy quagmire this time around. There is, however, one caveat to that conclusion.

Today’s “genocide” accusations against Israel are much like the false accusations against the United States during the Iraq war in the 1990s, with phony statistics playing a key role in both cases.

NPR's Scott Simon is joined by Edward Peck, former chief of mission in Iraq, and deputy director of counterterrorism programs in the State department. Peck has been outspoken in sharing his ...

Most of these problems stem directly or indirectly from the war. The 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the war that followed are defining events in the histories of both countries – and the region.