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Don't be fooled: The nuclear deal will fund Iran’s imperialism
The realist's argument for the Iran nuclear agreement is that it is the least bad deal that a conflict-weary United States could secure.Now, with the nuclear issue parked (at least for a decade), we...
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Turkey says comprehensive battle against Islamic State to be launched soon
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. aircraft and drones are arriving in Turkish air bases and a comprehensive battle against Islamic State militants will be launched soon, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut...
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2 Army veterans explain this ominous 2008 photo from Iraq
An ominous photo that an American soldier took during the Iraq War is shaping up to be one of the conflict's most iconic images for the members of one US Army squadron, according to two veterans...
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High-ranking Marine Corps general: The US is in a 'stalemate' with ISIS
The veteran general nominated to lead the Marine Corps characterized the US campaign against Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria as a “stalemate,” contradicting previous assertions from the...
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Turkey 'decided to light a match' and 'won't be able to control the...
Turkey is now in the fight against the Islamic State, and it's unclear what happens next.Despite the vast number of foreign fighters traveling between Turkey and Syria, the Turkish side of the border...
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US drone hits Syria in first lethal strike launched from Turkey
The United States has conducted its first drone strike into northern Syria from a base inTurkey, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, ahead of what Ankara said would soon be a "comprehensive battle" against...
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US and Russia agree on Syria chemicals weapons draft
The United States and Russia have reached agreement on a draft UN resolution aimed at identifying those behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria in order to bring them to justice, a US official said on...
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These maps show the progression of ISIS control in Iraq and Syria
Since ISIS stormed onto the world’s stage on June 10, 2014 with its seizure of Mosul, the Institute for the Study of War has been the institution of record for tracking ISIS. The ISW “ISIS Sanctuary...
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Don't count the Arab states out in the Middle East's post-Iran deal power...
Unfreezing $150 billion in Iranian assets would give Tehran an instant boost and turn the military status quo across the Middle East in its favor, or so argue opponents of the Iran deal.Another...
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Former US military intelligence chief: We knew something like ISIS was coming...
The former head of one of the US government's leading intelligence divisions says that the US believed that religious extremists could carve out a sizable safe-haven in Syria as early as 2012 — but...
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ISIS is going after the US-Turkey 'safe zone' in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State has launched a new offensive against Syrian rebels north of Aleppo, gaining ground near the Turkish-Syrian border in an area where Turkey and the United States aim to...
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The Syrian army is retreating in northwestern Syria
A Syrian military source said on Tuesday the army had retreated to new defensive lines in a region of vital strategic importance to President Bashar al-Assad, seeking to avoid losses at the hands of...
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A top US general picked apart Donald Trump's ISIS policy
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump's vague strategy to combat Islamic State extremists in the Middle East isn't very likely to work.A top US general who commanded troops in Iraq from 2008 to...
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Here's how US special ops spies caught Assad letting jihadists pass through...
After the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the U.S. military, the regime of Bashir Al-Assad gave de facto permission to foreign fighter networks operating in Syria to cross into Iraq via a clandestine...
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PHOTO: US F-16 fighters fly first missions from Turkey
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday launched its first airstrikes by Turkey-based F-16 fighter jets against Islamic State targets in Syria, marking a limited escalation of a yearlong air campaign...
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ISIS is recruiting in the most perverse way imaginable
Despite its stance as a devout religious group — and in twisted support of that stance — the Islamic State is systematically enslaving women from a religious minority and allowing fighters to rape...
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Syrian Kurds now say they now control territory the size of Qatar and Kuwait...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Kurdish militia that has captured swathes of northern Syria from Islamic State has signed up thousands of fighters in recent months as it seeks to tighten control over newly won...
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There's trouble in Assad's stronghold
Two people were killed and 14 injured in the attack in the coastal heartland of Bashar al-Assad, signalling the start of a new phase in Syria’s intractable warRebels launched a deadly rocket attack on...
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US F-22 Raptors are providing crucial situational awareness over Syria
Although they were not conceived to play this kind of role, F-22 Raptors have emerged as some of the U.S.-led Coalition’s most reliable combat assets in supporting coalition planes during air strikes...
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Syrian government airstrike reportedly kills at least 80 people near Damascus
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian government air strike northeast of Damascus killed at least 80 people in a marketplace on Sunday, rescue workers in the rebel-held area and the Syrian Observatory for Human...
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