Pentagon Now Says 50 Troops — Not 34 — Suffered Brain Injuries In Iran Strike In updating its tally, defense officials noted that most of the injured service members have been treated and returned to Iraq. The statement, once more, contradicts President Trump's initial remarks. Colin Dwyer
Opinion: In Iran Crisis, Iraq And Afghanistan Risk Becoming Collateral Damage As this high-stakes situation plays out, the danger is that Iran's fragile neighbors, Iraq and Afghanistan, will become collateral damage, writes the head of the United States Institute of Peace. Nancy Lindborg
Military Base Housing U.S. Troops In Iraq Has Been Attacked Iranian television reported the rocket airstrike was launched by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in retaliation for the U.S. assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Vanessa Romo
Who Was The Iraqi Commander Also Killed In The Baghdad Drone Strike? Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis founded Kataib Hezbollah, an anti-U.S. insurgency movement responsible for numerous American casualties over the years. Matthew S. Schwartz
Qassem Soleimani Mourned By Thousands In Baghdad As U.S.-Iran Rancor Mounts As black-clad demonstrators grieved the Iranian general, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this week, Tehran and Washington waged a war of words — and others desperately urged restraint. Colin Dwyer
How Is The World Reacting To The U.S. Assassination Of Iran's Qassem Soleimani? The prominent general's killing, carried out in an airstrike in Iraq, has elicited a wide range of responses — from vows of revenge to enthusiastic words of support. Here's a look at the fallout. Colin Dwyer
Why The U.S. Embassy In Iraq Became A Target Of Anger Again Demonstrators threw stones and were met with tear gas during a second day of protests. Here are some of the keys for understanding what happened. Larry Kaplow
There's A New Kind Of Inequality. And It's Not About Income A report issued by the U.N. Development Programme says that the 20th-century thinking about global inequality no longer works in the 21st century. Jason Beaubien
Syrian Kurdish Refugees Say Kurdish Forces Tried To Prevent Them From Fleeing To Iraq "They told us, even if you stand here for 100 years, we are not going to let you cross," one refugee who made it to an Iraqi camp tells NPR. Many have resorted to paying smugglers to help them cross. Fatma Tanis
'We Didn't See A Body': Baghdadi's Death Draws Doubts In Lands Where ISIS Ruled In Iraq and Syria, the ISIS leader's death has stirred a mix of responses — from joy to disbelief to dread that the militants will rise again. Fatma Tanis
