One of the common errors made in analyzing a combat force is looking at the armed services in isolation. To comprehend the organization of the Iraqi Army, you have to factor in the contributions of ...

In June 2007, all 10 army divisions will be under the control of the Iraqi Ground Forces Command. "They will be in receipt of additional armored protected mobility," Dempsey said. The Iraqis will ...

Is there any way of knowing how much of the city of Tikrit is under the control of the Iraqi government now? DUNLOP: Pro-government forces have moved in from outlying neighborhoods, especially ...

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq — Every day in Iraq ... Through it all, the standard Air Force mission of providing cover for troops on the ground gets accomplished. The effort starts with the 332nd ...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces battled Sunday to secure the country's second-largest dam from Islamic State militants after U.S. airstrikes opened the way for a ground offensive, marking an expansion of ...

Iraqi security forces, Arkan says, are certainly capable of succeeding against ISIS. "It's not even a matter of opinion" he says. "We're doing it on the ground. We just took over a city." ...

The Mosul offensive involves more than 25,000 Iraqi ground forces as well as U.S.-led coalition aircraft and advisers. It is expected to take weeks, if not months, to drive IS from Mosul ...

WASHINGTON (American Forces Press Service, March 9, 2007) - Three of the four Iraqi army divisions in the north are now under the control of the Iraqi Ground Forces Command, and U.S. troops are ...

Iraqi forces have launched a ground offensive to drive out an estimated 500-to-2000 Islamic State militants inside the city of Fallujah, where some 50,000 civilians appear to be trapped.

describing ISIS as being in a “zero-sum game” where it can no longer position forces without having to take them out of other fighting positions. “They are losing ground in Iraq every day ...

Every inch of ground the Iraqi Security Forces pried from ISIS is testament to their courage in the face of desperate enemy forces that employed suicide bombers, routinely shielded themselves with ...