Kurdistan Weathers Its Referendum Unscathed, Kirkuk Oil Continues to Flow
Clouds of fantasy hang over the independence referendum staged by the Kurdish Republic of Iraq (KRG) ion Monday, Sept. 25.
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Two Major Battles open Syrian Borders to Iranian Control
By taking the lead on two hot anti-ISIS battlefronts, Iran is rapidly deepening its foothold in the Middle East and
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Baghdad Turns Away from US, Opts for Iran-Russian Axis
With ISIS booted out of Mosul – a victory the Iraqi army could never have won without direct US military
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Another US “Red Line” Falls in Syria – This One Trump’s for Russia and Iran
Not too long ago, presidential hopeful Donald Trump accused the incumbent Barack Obama of failing to follow through on his
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Billions of Hush-Hush Dollars Feed Mid East Conspiracies
The decision by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain to punish Qatar for harboring terrorists and cozying up to
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Iran Blows a Hole in Mattis’ Campaign to Block Its Iraqi-Syrian Corridor
As US special forces and allies braced for a joint Syrian army-Shiite-Hizballah assault on the Iraqi-Syrian border from the west,
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Trump Pumps More US Troops into Syria, Iraq and Yemen
After six months of hard fighting, the embattled northern Iraqi town of Mosul this week assumed the guise of a
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Saudi Attaches Price Tag for Building New Iraqi Army
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir was the first high-ranking member of the Riyadh government to visit Baghdad in 17 years.
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Iranian Foreboding over Putin’s Pivot Away towards Trump and Erdogan
Tehran sees all its Middle East gains in the years of the Obama administration going to pot, because President Vladimir
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As the Mosul Offensive Peters out, ISIS Poises for Its Comeback
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi marked the sixth week of the offensive to recover Mosul from the Islamic State with
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