Iraq War: Is Iraq Better Now Without Saddam? ...

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about Zohran Mamdani backing down on his plan to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu to hand him over to the International Criminal Court if he enters New York City, as Elon Musk endorses the idea of throwing Mamdani out of office and denaturalizing h ...  Show more

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look at the stories you need to know to start your day, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump administration freezing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota over suspected healthcare fraud, impr ...  Show more

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with award-winning Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. During the conversation, Abdul-Ahad discusses the fallout from the war and U.S. occupation, his career reporting from Iraq, and the ways that working alongside leading journalists influ ...  Show more

After the US-led coalition's invasion of Iraq and defeat of Iraqi forces in conventional operations, a series of new challenges arose. How can security forces be rebuilt and strengthened, for example, and how can peace and governance be restored? This episode is the second in a t ...  Show more

In March 2003, the United States led an invasion of Iraq that would topple Saddam Hussein's regime, but would have far-reaching consequences for the next two decades. No-one knows exactly how many Iraqis have died as a result of the war. Estimates are all in the hundreds of thous ...  Show more

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What is it like to leave a country in crisis - only to return years later to a devastated homeland? Today, a Post photojournalist journeys back to Iraq after 24 years. </span>

<span style=" ...