Operation Together Forward II
The follow-on operation to Together Forward I aimed at improving Baghdad’s security conditions.
The follow-on operation to Together Forward I aimed at improving Baghdad’s security conditions.
Iran has been actively involved in supporting Shi'a militias and encouraging sectarian violence in Iraq since the invasion of 2003.
Although one of the smallest factions in the Sunni insurgency, Al-Qaeda in Iraq may be one of the most deadly. US operations have put tremendous pressure on the group.
The refrain of ‘concerned citizens’ and ‘reconciliation’, so familiar in the news emanating from places like Anbar and Diyala, has found a degree of resonance in the Iraqi capital.
This backgrounder provides a bulletized summary of Operation Phantom Thunder.