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Here's What The Big Iraqi-Kurdish Oil Deal Really Means
Leaders in Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan have taken a brave step toward reunifying the country through revenue sharing. The United States should support implementation of the deal.On December 1 and 2,...
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There's Now A Support Group For Canadians Fighting ISIS In Syria
A newly formed support group for Canadian veterans who want to join Kurdish militias and fight Islamic State (ISIS) militants says it wants to make sure North Americans are well-informed about what to...
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Those Iranian Strikes Are Just The Latest Sign That The Obama Administration...
After reports this week that Iranian aircraft had bombed ISIS targets in Iraq, US Secretary of State John Kerry denied there was any military coordination between Washington and Tehran.He then...
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Syria's Humanitarian Catastrophe Is Somehow About To Get Even Worse
As civil war in Syria inches toward its four-year anniversary, the nation’s humanitarian catastrophe deepens.Some 7.6 million Syrians are now internally displaced, and another 3.3 million have fled to...
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Here's How Bashar Al-Assad Says He Explains The Syrian Civil War To His Kids
On November 28, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad granted a rare interview to The Full Paris Match. The interview is full of deflections and rationalizations from a defiant Assad, who at one point...
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Israel Bombed Suspected Weapons Sites At Syria's Main International Airport
Israeli fighter jets on Sunday afternoon hit targets outside Damascus in a brazen day-time raid that most likely targeted a Hezbollah-bound weapon shipment Israel struck an area near the Damascus...
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Shiites Are Dominating The Heart Of The Middle East
Ramzi hails from a family of notable Iraqi Sunnis. At the University of Baghdad, he played the guitar and met my Shiite cousin.They both graduated from the School of Engineering with honors, tied the...
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Syria Wants The UN To Impose Sanctions On Israel For Alleged Bombings
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria asked the United Nations Security Council on Monday to impose sanctions on neighboring Israel, a day after accusing the Jewish state of bombing areas near Damascus...
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ISIS Is Too Insane For Some Of Its Most Loyal Members
During the past year, the Islamic State has evolved to become one of the most heavily armed and well-funded terrorist organizations of all time.It's also becoming so violent and brutal that terrorists...
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Here's What People Don't Understand About Israel And Syria
On Sunday, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) allegedly bombed targets at the Damascus International Airport and in a base in Dimas near the border with Lebanon. This latest strike, like all those before it,...
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The Assad Regime Is Facing Its Most Severe Crisis In Years
After three years of grueling warfare against armed opposition fighters, the Syrian regime faces a dire internal crisis not witnessed since the initial months of the conflict.Defections, desertions,...
View ArticleA Texas Plumber Is Getting Threats After A Truck He Used To Own Showed Up In...
A Houston-area plumbing company owner has been getting threatening phone calls after one of his former work trucks turned up in a photograph on a Twitter feed that appears to show a militant group...
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US Allies In Syria Aren't Carrying Out Many Airstrikes Anymore
As US fighter jets pound Islamic State targets in Syria, Washington's coalition allies appear increasingly absent from the air war.Although President Barack Obama's administration announced the Syrian...
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An Iranian Proxy Still Holds All The Cards In Lebanon
During his recent visit to Beirut, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Matthew Spence reportedly told Lebanese officials that “the war on terror has created a new reality, which has allowed the state...
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The Syrian Army Is Shrinking, And Assad Is Running Out Of Soldiers
When the U.S. launched an airstrike campaign in Syria to “degrade and destroy” the so-called Islamic State, some were concerned that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad would indirectly benefit...
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The Kurds Have Handed ISIS A Huge Defeat In Northern Iraq
Iraqi Kurdish fighters have broken the Islamic State (ISIS) group's four-month siege on Mount Sinjar, where over 40,000 Yazidis fled for their lives fearing a massacre at the hands of the jihadist...
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The Oil Crash Is Making It Hard For Iran To Prop Up Assad
Syrian businessmen and trade officials say they are worried the economic lifeline provided by Iran is under strain from plunging oil prices, despite public messages of support from Syria's strongest...
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A 24-Year-Old Executive Created An Alarming New Model For Online Jihadists
Until a week ago, the most influential English-speaking Jihadist on social media was Shami Witness, a Twitter account with 17,000 followers — a group that included scores of western analysts and...
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How The US's Syria Policy Stalled Under The 'Analyst In Chief'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Throughout 2012, as signs mounted that militants in Syria were growing stronger, the debate in the White Housefollowed a pattern. In meeting after meeting, as officials from...
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Western Journalist: ISIS Is 'Much Stronger And Much More Dangerous' Than...
A German author who gained rare access to members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria returned to say that we're underestimating the terrorist group that's "stronger and more dangerous" than Western...
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