W A S H I N G TO N, May 16 -- The United States is considering a major shift in its commitment to patrolling the "no-fly" zones over northern and southern Iraq, military officials said.

WASHINGTON — Despite stepped-up bombing runs by the U.S. and Britain over Iraq’s “no-fly” zones in recent months, President Saddam Hussein’s air defense network has probably improved ...

The no-fly zones, which Baghdad does not recognize, ... Iraqi planes have flown over the southern no-fly zone more than 150 times during the same period, according to the Air Force.

Iraq fired yesterday on U.S. and British warplanes patrolling a "no-fly" zone over the southern part of the country, confronting the Bush administration with its first test under the new U.N ...

Operation Southern Watch was initiated in the summer of 1992. with American, British and French aircraft patrolling over ...

U.S. and British warplanes have bombed more than 80 targets in Iraq's southern "no-fly" zone over the past five months, conducting an escalating air war even as U.N. weapons inspections proceed ...

The allies imposed a southern no-fly zone in August 1992, citing a similar need to protect southern Iraq’s largely Shiite Muslim population, which also had risen up against Saddam Hussein ...

He doubtlessly had the precedent of the 1991-2003 no-fly zone in mind when making this broad proposal. But the nature of the threat faced by Iraqi Kurdistan today is significantly different than ...

The Bush administration is considering a plan to scale back enforcement of the no-fly zones over Iraq, with the internal debate centering on how, and how far, to pull back, knowledgeable defense ...

WASHINGTON — In the first aerial hostilities in the region sinc the Persian Gulf war, the United States shot down an Iraqi fighter plane yesterday after two Iraqi aircraft crossed 20 miles in… ...

The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syria's civil war, has pointed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a symbol of what can go wrong when America's military ...

U.S. and British warplanes bombed an Iraqi air defense ... Hussein's troops fired on allied aircraft dropping leaflets warning his military not to target jets patrolling two "no-fly" zones. ...