The Iraqi government has finally started attacking illegal military groups within the country.

Prime Minister Maliki"s actions in Basra indicate that the Iraqi central government is gaining strength.

The recent attack by illegal militias in Iraq will provide insight on the response of the Iraqi government and the effectiveness of the police force.

For the first time in 20 years, Saudi Arabia has named an ambassador to Iraq. For years the Saudis resisted U.S. entreaties to take this step, and the current relationship between these two most important Arab countries in the Gulf has not been warm, so the timing is curious and...

Iraqi troops asserted control over the Basra neighborhoods that had been Sadrist "strongholds" and continue to make progress.

The government of Iraq has made great strides both militarily and politically over the past year and a half. After dramatically reducing al Qaeda in Iraq’s operational capability, the Iraqi Security Forces have successfully undertaken operations to reclaim segments of Basra and Sadr City from Shiite extremist elements. Prime Minister...

Every Kurdish official, foreign businessman, or diplomat, knows that regional leader Masud Barzani and his immediate family have far greater power than Kurdistan’s constitution indicates.

Iraqi leadership is the reason al Qaeda is on the run and Iran is humiliated.