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Joe Biden faces a ticking time bomb in Iraq
Newsweek· 5 days agoS. military presence in Iraq. Al-Sudani has publicly expressed a desire for a speedy timeline for a U.S. withdrawal, but the Pentagon ...
Iraq: Threats and Annoyances
Strategy Page· 4 days agoSeptember 15, 2023: Iran continues to be the main threat for neighboring Iraq. For example, Iranians are largely members of the Shia branch of Islam. Only about ten percent ...
Iraq: Popular Insurrection Against Broken Promises
Strategy Page· 6 days agoJuly 27, 2018: The growing unrest in southern Iraq is spreading and in early July became more anti-corruption than anti-Iran. Tribal leaders were more in touch with how most ...
Syria: Disintegration
Strategy Page· 2 hours agoMost of the dead continue to be Islamic terrorists and other rebels. While ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) is believed to have suffered over 2,000 dead in October ...
Syria: Peace, Poverty and Puzzling Politics
Strategy Page· 7 days agoMay 9, 2023: In the last week Syria was visited by the president of Iran reaffirming support for the Assad government. Without the $30 billion Iran spent since 2011 to keep the Assads in power ...
Attrition: Commando Brigade Mobile Hospital
Strategy Page· 3 hours agoJanuary 27, 2022: The Israeli Commando Brigade has created a special field hospital unit that can be quickly flown in and set up wherever the brigade is operating, be it peacetime or during ...
Syria: Deals To Be Made
Strategy Page· 3 days agoThe exceptions are most of Idlib province in the northwest and the Kurdish controlled northeast, including Hasaka and parts of Deir Ezzor and Aleppo provinces. ISIL (Islamic State in
Russia: Slow Roll In Syria
Strategy Page· 7 days agoSeptember 11, 2018: In Syria, even the sudden arrival of Iranian mercenaries to reinforce Syrian forces in the northwest is not enough to start the final battle of the civil war; to take back ...
Yemen: More Talking, Less Fighting
Strategy Page· 4 days agoMay 12, 2023: Peace negotiations seemed promising earlier in the year but have stalled, mainly because the Shia rebels, the Yemen government and Saudi Arabia cannot agree on who should get what ...
Forces: Emirates Get Imaginative
Strategy Page· 3 days agoJuly 30, 2018: Four years after adopting conscription the UAE (United Arab Emirates) has increased the length of time conscripts must serve on active duty. Back in 2014 implementing conscription ...
