Contractors in Iraq: All in the family
Steve Kroft's 2003 report on allegations of political influence as a factor in billions of dollars in government contracts awarded to rebuild Iraq.
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Steve Kroft's 2003 report on allegations of political influence as a factor in billions of dollars in government contracts awarded to rebuild Iraq.
In 2006, Steve Kroft reported on the disappearance of more than $500 million meant to equip the Iraqi army.
The Kurdish insurgent group PKK in Turkey says it will lay down its arms and disband after a decades-long fight that killed tens of thousands.
Navy SEAL Ryan Larkin took his own life after tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. His father suspected there was more to his suicide than depression. 60 Minutes reports how one father's determination helped uncover a hidden danger in military service.
On his Truth Social platform Friday night, President Trump wrote that "the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed."
The family of Travis Timmerman says they're overjoyed after the American was found in Syria in the wake of Bashar al-Assad's fall. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee spoke with Timmerman's cousin about the ordeal.
Syria's army and its allies are reported to have confronted an attack by forces affiliated with the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces in the north of the country. This comes after rebel fighters over the weekend took control of most of Aleppo. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more on why the fighting in Syria is heating up again.
1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led archeologists to what they believe is the site of a seventh-century battle that was decisive in the spread of Islam in the region.
In November 2004, David Martin reported on the battle of Fallujah, the service members wounded in the fight and the toll it had taken on them and their families. This week on "CBS Sunday Morning," Martin caught up with one of the people from that story, Joe Dan Worley, a medic who was hit by a roadside bomb in the battle.
Days before the U.S. launched a military operation in Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney joined Face the Nation. He spoke about the possibility of invasion and international reaction to American foreign policy.
Two months after taking office, President Barack Obama sat down with Face the Nation moderator Bob Schieffer to discuss the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and his plans to revive the American economy.
The Kurdish separatist group PKK has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Turkish state-owned defense manufacturer near Ankara.
Turkey launched strikes in Iraq and Syria as a response to an apparent terrorist attack in Ankara being linked to Kurdish fighters affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab has the latest.
Turkey has hit Kurdish military targets in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for a deadly attack Wednesday at a state-owned defense manufacturer in Ankara that killed five people and wounded more than 20 others. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has more.
Almost 20 years after they were killed by a roadside bomb, two CBS News journalists are among hundreds to be memorialized in Iraq.
Iraqi forces and American troops last month killed a senior commander with the Islamic State group, as well as several other prominent militants, U.S. Central Command and Iraq's military said on Friday.
The U.S. military's Central Command alleged the militants were armed with "numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive 'suicide' belts" during the attack.
Pakistani officials said at least 35 people are dead and dozens more injured after two bus accidents that happened hours apart.
Several U.S. personnel were injured in a suspected rocket attack at Al Asad Air Base, but the injuries were not reported to be critical, officials said.
A suspected rocket attack at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq injured several U.S. personnel on Monday. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis has the latest.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the U.S. is engaged in "intense diplomacy" around the clock as fears mount over a wider war breaking out in the Middle East. Ten months into the conflict in Gaza, tensions have reached an all-time high after both a senior Hezbollah commander and Hamas' top political leader were killed last week. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis is at the State Department with more.
Several U.S. servicemembers were injured in a suspected rocket attack on Al Asad Air Base in Iraq. No servicemembers were killed in the attack.
The two Georgia National Guard soldiers were deployed to Iraq and died in unrelated noncombat deaths, the U.S. Army said.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act. A federal grand jury indicted Assange in 2019 on 18 counts over his alleged role in leaking classified government information about U.S. military action in Iraq and Afghanistan. CBS News Justice Department reporter Rob Legare has more.
Hezbollah and Israel have spent the last couple days exchanging rocket fire at Israel's northern border with Lebanon, again stoking fears the war in Gaza could expand into a wider regional conflict. Meanwhile, Hamas has submitted amendments to a U.S.-backed cease-fire deal. BBC News correspondent Jon Donnison joined CBS News with more.