Iran Assembles New “Shiite Crescent” Empire across the Mid East Map
Regardless of whether a comprehensive nuclear accord with the United States and world powers is attained, Iran’s radical Islamic rulers
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Nouri Maliki
Baghdadi Starts Issuing Passports, Tries to Unite Sunni Radicals under IS
Last week, IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivered a taped speech calling on Muslims with military, medical and managerial skills
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For Want of Iranian or US Backup, Iraq’s Maliki Starts Retreating South
Left high and dry by his former allies and much of his army, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has changed
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Ayman Zuwahiri Strews Jihadis across Middle East for Fresh Assaults on US and West
President Barack Obama was playing out a grim scenario when he sat top world leaders, Xi Jinping, Angela Merkel, David
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Al Qaeda’s Next Iraqi Targets: Infrastructure and Oil – as in Syria
Al Qaeda in Iraq, which calls itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-ISIS, had its eye on its next
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Baghdad Jumps into Syrian War on orders from Tehran
Far from the world’s top headlines, Iraq is being sucked relentlessly into the Syrian war – while itself embroiled in
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Russian Choppers for Kurds: Iranian Oil Smuggling through Basra
Iraq is being torn apart by conflicting sectarian and oil interests, with at least one external power exploiting the mayhem
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Barzani’s Sense of US Betrayal Gives Obama a Credibility Problem in the Gulf
Masoud Barzani, President of the autonomous Kurdish Region of Iraq- KRG, sent an urgent message to US President Barack Obama
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Iran Grabs Iraq as Jumping-Off Pad against Saudi Arabia and Israel
The final American military exit from Iraq on Dec. 18, conferred on a belligerent Tehran a strategic gift beyond its
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Obama and Barak discuss dwindling anti-Iran strike options as the US exits Iraq
US President Barack Obama's half-hour tête-a- tête with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Washington Friday, Dec. 16, was vitally
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