American troops topple a statue of Saddam Hussein on April 9, 2003, in Baghdad. Gilles Bassignac/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images After 12 days of trading deadly airstrikes, Israel and Iran confirmed on June 24, 2025, that a ceasefire is in effect, one day ...

Ahead of his announcing on Monday night that Israel and Iran agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” to be phased in over 24 hours, President Donald Trump floated the idea of "regime change" in Tehran. Previous U.S. attempts to remake the Middle ...

Israel has expressed its intent to lock in the strategic gains it made over Iran during the recent ‘12 Day War’ with Tehran in June, including air superiority. Doing so could entail Israel imposing an “air occupation” on its arch-enemy, something ...

For those arguing against bombing Iran’s nuclear program, the Iraq analogy is a powerful one to make. Operation Iraqi Freedom is widely viewed as an expensive U.S. foreign policy blunder that accomplished little more than eroding public trust in the ...

The threat Iran poses to U.S. national security is beginning to sound eerily similar to the widely touted threat posed by Iraq in the run-up to its invasion in 2003. It's a recipe that calls for a frothy link to al Qaeda and a generous helping of WMD fears.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As President Donald Trump floats the idea of “regime change” in Tehran, previous U.S. attempts to remake the Middle East by force over the decades offer stark warnings about the possibility of a deepening ...