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Civilians flee during fighting against Islamic State militants in Mosul

There is no justice in our world

19/02/2018 by Eric MARGOLIS / 3 comments

Since Iraq, one if the Arab world’s most developed countries, was laid waste by US bombing, and since the war was deemed a big mistake, who is responsible for trying to repair Iraq to its pre-war condition?

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Who will be Al-Baghdadi’s successor after his reported death?

12/07/2017 by Nauman SADIQ

Last month, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that according to information, the leader of the Islamic State, Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi, had reportedly been killed as a result of airstrikes conducted by the Russian aircrafts on a southern suburb of Raqqa on May 28. And today, Rami Abdul Rahman of the Syrian […]

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Political Uncertainty In Post-Daesh Iraq

09/01/2017 by Andrew KORYBKO / 2 comments

The political future of Iraq is uncertain because of the intensified domestic splits between its constituent Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish communities which were exacerbated by Daesh over the past couple of years. Post-2003 Iraq has been continually plagued by communal violence, but never before had each of its three communities […]

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Last Stand For ISIS?

31/10/2016 by Eric MARGOLIS / 1 comment

As a former soldier and war correspondent who has covered 14 conflicts, I look at all the media hoopla over tightening siege of Mosul, Iraq and shake my head. This western-organized “liberation” of Mosul is one of the bigger pieces of political-military theater that I’ve seen. Islamic State(IS), the defender […]

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