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Who Will Be Iran’s Next President?
The Atlantic· 10 hours agoThe council’s 12 members are directly or indirectly appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an octogenarian who still calls all the most...
Iraq: Policing The Blood Lands
Strategy Page· 4 days agoApril 23, 2020: ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) is still the greatest security threat and so far this year has killed 170 civilians and security personnel. A covid19 death can easily be mistaken for pneumonia.
Iraq: Winning The War And Losing The Peace
Strategy Page· 5 days agoJune 26, 2018: The current parliament ends on June 30 and a newly elected parliament is supposed to take its place. It will be a few months before that happens and then the members of the new ...
The pilgrimage sites of Iraq's timeless and holy cities
BBC News· 2 days agoTravellers to what was once was the spiritual centre of the world can learn about the region's long...
Afghanistan: Vulnerable To The Point Of Extinction
Strategy Page· 12 hours agoJune 6, 2019: While American negotiators continue talking to their Taliban counterparts, the Afghan government and the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan have made it clear that they will ...
Israel demands answers from Al Jazeera why ‘Hamas terrorist’ allegedly worked as a reporter
Fox News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe controversial Qatar-owned news outlet Al Jazeera has been plunged into a new crisis involving an...
Former Isis leader was subjected to sexual torture in US military prison in Iraq, widow says
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhile most of Hamid Yazidi’s relatives were released after paying ransom, six of his children went...
Mali: Surprising Saudi Support Surfaces
Strategy Page· 4 days agoWhat was unusual about this meeting is the presence of Saudi Arabia and the UAE (United Arab Emirates) who rarely support counter-terrorism operations as partners with Western nations and going ...
Muslim community in Tunisia uses artificial intelligence to preserve heritage
South China Morning Post· 6 days agoAfter disagreeing on the succession following the death of Prophet Muhammad in 632 AD, Ibadis were...
Yemen: Faction Fatigue
Strategy Page· 3 days agoMarch 19, 2019: The UN has been trying, for months to get major donor nations to provide $4.2 billion for Yemen aid in 2019. Most of what was raised came from four donors (the U.S., Saudi Arabia ...
