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Syria: Waiting For A Miracle
Strategy Page· 15 hours agoThe Iranian-backed militia forces are now officially part of the Syrian Army, even though they still take orders from Iran. About of third of Syria is still not under Assad control. Most of ...
They survived a chemical weapons massacre, but Halabja’s victims still suffer its poisonous legacy
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoYet many of those who survived Saddam’s toxic five-hour air raid are still struggling. More than 35...
‘In prison because of our parents’: Children of ISIS fighters coming of age in detention ask what...
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCNN was granted rare access inside detention camps and facilities for suspected ISIS fighters and...
What's changed 15 years after Iran's Green Movement
Newsweek· 10 hours agoFifteen years after the 2009 Iranian presidential election, which fueled a mass protest movement, the nation is again facing a presidential election just...
Plumes of black smoke fill sky during huge oil refinery fire in Iraq
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPlumes of black smoke filled the sky after a huge fire erupted at an oil refinery in the...
Firefighters battle massive fire at northern Iraq oil refinery - The Morning Sun
The Morning Sun· 3 days agoA team of 32 firefighters in northern Iraq was battling to put out a massive fire Thursday, a day after it broke out at an oil refinery, local officials said. The fire broke out late Wednesday ...
Iraq oil minister reports progress in talks with Kuridsh officials on northern exports
Reuters· 6 days agoIraq's Oil Minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani said there has been progress in talks with Kurdistan region officials and representatives of international companies operating there for a deal to resume ...
Iraqi forces kill senior Islamic State leader in a raid in Syria
Reuters· 5 days agoAbu Zainab, an Iraqi national, was killed in the Syrian city of Raqqa "during the past days" in cooperation with U.S.-led coalition forces, it said in a statement. The U.S.-led coalition is ...
Minnesota man who joined Islamic State group is sentenced to 10 years in prison
YourBasin.com· 2 days agoMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who once fought for the Islamic State group in Syria after becoming radicalized expressed remorse and wept in open court Thursday as he was sentenced to 10 years …
The Fundamentalist, the Technocrat, and the Reformist
The Atlantic· 3 days agoThe Soviet despot Joseph Stalin once said that it is not the voters who matter most in elections but...