The Battle of al-Qadisiyah was fought in Mesopotamia — in present-day Iraq — in the A.D. 630s between Arab Muslims and the army of the Sassanid Persian dynasty during a period of Muslim expansion. The ...

Army Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Rank sought federal permission to accept a tempting opportunity: to work as a paid consultant for the defense minister of Qatar, a wealthy Persian Gulf nation trying to ...

Gen. R.S. Raman termed the Iranian Army’s role as a “stabilising force” that has “contributed to ensuring peace in the Persian Gulf”. Lt. Gen. Raman, the Directorate General of Military ...