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These Are The Countries That Have Destabilized The Most Over The Past 3 Months
Leading global risk analytics firm Maplecroft has released its latest quarterly Civil Unrest Index. The index tracked changes in social or political unrest that could disrupt business operations across...
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Here's What Air Strikes Can And Can't Do Against ISIS
This commentary comes courtesy of Colonel Clint Hinote, CFR’s U.S. Air Force fellow.He assesses the use and utility of targeted air strikes against ISIS, particularly against their Syrian base of...
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Hezbollah Is Pushing Lebanon Towards Disaster
On October 7, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for planting explosive devices that injured two Israeli soldiers on patrol in the Shebaa Farms area. The incident followed an attempted infiltration into...
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This One Basic Problem Is Hampering US Efforts Against ISIS In Syria
President Obama's decision to bomb ISIS is attracting criticism on multiple fronts, with some arguing that the efforts are too limited, or represent yet another ineffectual military operation in a...
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UN: ISIS Will Massacre Hundreds Of People If The Jihadists Take A Major...
If ISIS takes control of Kobane, at least 500 civilians trapped in the Syrian town on the Turkish border “will be most likely massacred,” the U.’s envoy to Syria warned on Friday.The remarks by Staffan...
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Erik Prince Is Right: Private Contractors Will Probably Join The Fight...
Erik Prince, founder of the controversial security contractor Blackwater, recently claimed that for-hire ground troops were the missing element of the US-led campaign against jihadists in Iraq and...
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Kurdish Fighters Just Thwarted A Huge Advance From ISIS In Syria
Kurdish fighters thwarted a bid by Islamic State group jihadists to advance into the centre of the battleground Syrian town of Kobane early on Saturday, a monitoring group said.The attack came after...
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Obama's Stalled Handling Of ISIS Is Emblematic Of The 'Analyst In Chief'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Throughout 2012, as signs mounted that militants in Syria were growing stronger, the debate in the White House followed a pattern. In meeting after meeting, as officials from...
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MCCAIN: ISIS Is 'Winning'
Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) gave a grim assessment of the ongoing US military operations against the jihadist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS and ISIL) in an appearance on CNN's "State of the...
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Here's Why ISIS Is Winning
The Islamic State in Syria and al-Sham (ISIS) has not only survived the first blow from US airstrikes, it has made the strikes look irrelevant. As ISIS conquered new territory in Iraq’s western...
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An Important Al Qaeda Fundraiser Was Once An Employee Of The Qatari Government
The Qatari government employed an al-Qaeda money man despite him being officially designated a terrorist by the US.Salim Hasan Khalifa Rashid al-Kuwari channeled hundreds of thousands of dollars to...
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Germany Has A Serious ISIS Problem
There is a growing sense among leading German politicians that the Federal Republic's preoccupation with the NSA surveillance scandal should not overshadow the pressing need to confront the Islamic...
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Meet The 'White Shroud,' A Guerrilla Group Fighting Back Against ISIS In Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Small groups of Syrians are hunting down Islamic State fighters in one of their main strongholds in eastern Syria in a new guerrilla campaign that has emerged as a response to the...
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Why The Relationship Between The US And Turkey Will Only Get Worse, In 2...
The US and Turkey have engaged in an at-times brutally public spat over the US-led coalition's strategy to "degrade and destroy" the group calling itself the Islamic State. And it might only get worse...
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REPORT: ISIS Used Chemical Weapons Against Kurds In Syria
Kurdish health officials and activists in the besieged town of Kobane claim to possess evidence that Islamic State operatives have used chemical agents as a weapon on at least one occasion during...
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Iraqi Kurdistan Is Urging Turkey To Let Kurdish Fighters Use Its Border To...
A top official of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region is calling on Turkey to let volunteer fighters through to the besieged Syrian city of Kobane, where Syrian Kurds are waging a desperate battle against...
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The US Is Dropping Serious Ordnance To Slow Down ISIS In Kobani
The US military significantly escalated its airstrike campaign against the extremist group ISIS in the Syrian border town of Kobani on Monday and Tuesday, conducting 21 airstrikes in and around the...
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Here's The Best Way To Assess The F-22's Combat Debut In Syria
After being criticized for not using the F-22 Raptor previously, the US Air Force has now taken a drubbing for using F-22s over Syria, in the coalition fight against the Islamic State. Critics are...
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ISIS Is Actively Recruiting Female Fighters To Brutalize Other Women
Kurdish forces and the US-backed coalition aren't the only forces with female soldiers fighting in Syria and Iraq. The militant group The Islamic State (ISIS) is recruiting women, too.Since February,...
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Militias Are Ruling The Day As The Middle East Burns
Embattled governments in Iraq and Syria have come to rely on Shiite militias as their armies have crumbled in the face of mostly Sunni insurgents and rebels. In Libya, various armed groups loosely...
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