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Three Iraqis remember IS horrors in Mosul a decade on
AFP via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoWhen the Islamic State group rampaged through Iraq's ancient city of Mosul a decade ago, the...
Counter-Terrorism: What To Buy In Yemen
Strategy Page· 9 hours agoAugust 19, 2018: The Western mass media recently ran stories about how al Qaeda members in Yemen often took bribes to abandon territory and sometimes al Qaeda members switched sides and fought ...
Joe Biden faces a ticking time bomb in Iraq
Newsweek· 7 days agoAl-Sudani has publicly expressed a desire for a speedy timeline for a U.S. withdrawal, but the Pentagon has yet to broadcast any such framework and has...
Iraq: Threats and Annoyances
Strategy Page· 6 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 ...
Syria: Changing The Rules
Strategy Page· 10 hours agoApril 18, 2018: The Syrian government considers the loss of their chemical weapons facilities a minor setback. Russia or Iran will pay to have the facilities replaced. Meanwhile the April 7 ...
Syria: Deals To Be Made
Strategy Page· 4 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
Syria: Disintegration
Strategy Page· 2 days 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 ...
Yemen: More Talking, Less Fighting
Strategy Page· 5 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· 4 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 ...
Attrition: Commando Brigade Mobile Hospital
Strategy Page· 2 days 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 ...
