In late 2004, U.S., U.K., and Iraqi forces launched Operation Phantom Fury/Al-Fajr to retake Fallujah—an insurgent stronghold threatening Iraq’s first elections. This episode breaks down the planning, ...

In this episode, we step into eastern Baghdad, where Sadr City became the pressure point of the Iraq War and a proving ground for urban counterinsurgency. We follow the uprising sparked in 2004, the ...

The helicopter crashed in central Iraq in the first days of the U.S. invasion in 2003. Ronald Young Jr., then a 26-year-old ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Fort Bliss and the 1st Armored Division took a moment to pause, remember and honor the role the division ...

Marines make their way through the streets of Najaf in 2004. (Courtesy Manifold Productions, Inc.) Jan Bender remembers the moment as if it were yesterday. Taking cover from insurgents, his fireteam ...

Iraq’s parliament has elected Nizar Amidi as president, five months after elections failed to produce a decisive majority.

Baghdad is shifting toward political stabilization and economic challenges during the fragile post-conflict phase that ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Fort Bliss and the 1st Armored Division took a moment to pause, remember and honor the role the division and its soldiers in the Second Battle of Ramadi during the Iraq War.