By 2002, the agency had only 2,000 employees and more than 5,000 contractors. President Bush issued a directive putting the Defense Department formally in control of the reconstruction of Iraq ...

Former private soldiers say this new way of war — unofficial boots on the ground — could go sideways, while giving governments political cover ...

Moreover, there were also numerous instances of shootings carried out by private military contractors during the Iraq war on ...

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China State Construction Engineering Corporation has been chosen to build a “medical city” in the Dhi Qar Governorate in Iraq ...

By John Lee. Defense contractor Wye Oak Technology has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review its long-running legal dispute with the Republic of Iraq, according to a docket filed earlier this ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

American soldiers are on the ground in Gaza. They’re not there to fight Islamic terrorists, but to secure the disastrous Biden deal that saved Hamas by monitoring and inspecting the Gazans traveling ...

Robert Pether was jailed and fined millions of dollars on what his wife and legal team have described as trumped-up fraud charges, relating to his time working as a contractor in Iraq. The ...

A leading Chinese contracting player has emerged as the preferred contractor for work on a large gas processing plant for the TotalEnergies-led Gas Growth Integrated Project (GGIP) in Iraq ...

A North Carolina security firm is hiring nearly 100 U.S. special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce.

The report identifies foreign contracts among its priorities, noting, among others "a contract with Contractor 368 to deliver ... number 368 is assigned to Iraq and number 704 - to Vietnam.