BESMAYA TRAINING CENTER, Iraq — In many ways, this collection of dusty ranges and well-tended barracks south of Baghdad represents the culmination of the U.S. military’s years-long effort to train the ...

Besmaya Training Center, Iraq, Dec. 17, 2009: Mundir Mohammed, a bomb disposal specialist from the 11th Iraqi Army Division, smiles from within an armored suit during training at the Besmaya bomb ...

The Iraqi military is facing “psychological collapse” amid desertions and a lack of equipment as the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continue to capture more territory in Iraq ...

American forces left the base in western Iraq on Saturday, after using the installation for years as part of anti-ISIS ...

Iraq’s government said Sunday that US forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities within the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semiautonomous Kurdistan region ...

In blood-spattered Iraq, seasoned American soldiers and extraordinarily capable retired U.S. Army sergeants currently employed by the Vinnell Corporation have been busting their butts trying to forge ...

Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) soldiers conducted training with AK-47 assault rifles at Al Taqaddum, Iraq. Instructors oversaw the exercises to ensure proper weapon handling, provide guidance, and ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks at his political block campaign rally before the parliamentary elections in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 ...

CAMP ADAIR — The Oregon National Guard held a little-publicized ceremony Sunday afternoon at old Camp Adair to memorialize a 2004 battle at Najaf, Iraq, in which the Corvallis-based Bravo Company of ...