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How Turkey supports the jihadists
Russia questioned the future of Turkey when it delivered to the Security Council an intelligence report concerning Turkey’s activities in support of jihadists. The document includes about ten revelations which implicate the activities of the [Turkish intelligence agency] MIT... By Thierry Meyssan,
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End Times for the Caliphate?
The war in Syria and Iraq has produced two new de facto states in the last five years and enabled a third quasi-state greatly to expand its territory and power. The two new states, though unrecognised internationally, are stronger militarily and politically than most members of the UN... By Patrick Cockburn. (Feb. 19)
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Where did ISIS come from? The story starts here
It took us five years to talk honestly about Vietnam. It’s time to do that with Iraq, and Paul Bremer’s tenure is the place to begin. By Neil Swidey.
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Troop count in Iraq doesn’t include all forces, Pentagon chief acknowledges
The Pentagon counts 3,870 troops, but the real number is higher. By Kristina Wong.
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The Law of Revenge: Deadly Hatred among Anti-IS Alliance in Iraq
The US is fighting together with an alliance of rival groups to defeat IS in Iraq. Deadly violence in a city north of Baghdad shows, however, that once the Islamists are defeated, erstwhile allies may turn their weapons on each other. By Christoph Reuter.
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The Scientist Who Talks to ISIS
An unorthodox anthropologist [Scott Atran] goes face to face with the enemy. By Tom Bartlett. (May 20, ’16)
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Saudis and Extremism: ‘Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters’
Critics see Saudi Arabia’s export of a rigid strain of Islam as contributing to terrorism, but the kingdom’s influence depends greatly on local conditions. By Scott Shane.
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Surviving the Fall of ISIS
As Iraqi and coalition forces invade Mosul, the last ISIS stronghold in Iraq, the grim details of the extremist group’s rule come to light.
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War Goes Viral
How social media is being weaponized across the world. By Emerson Brooking and Peter W. Singer.
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Syria’s “Voice of Conscience” Has a Message for the West
Yassin al-Haj Saleh is a fierce critic of an international consensus that has come to see the Syrian conflict in Assad’s terms—as a fight against terrorism. By Murtaza Hussain and Marwan Hisham.
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‘Isis is full of killers, the worst come from Tal Afar’: Bitter fight for city ahead and the violence may not end there
The city of Tal Afar has become notorious for sectarian hatred - with many worried that even an Isis defeat on the road to Mosul will not bring peace. By Patrick Cockburn.
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IS conflict: How is it getting hold of weapons from the West?
Weapons for Western-backed rebels in Syria are ending up in the hands of IS, reports Gordon Corera.
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Iraqi forces grind on in east Mosul as political rift opens over Shi’ite militias
Iraq’s sectarian political leaders have plunged back into a dispute over the status of Shi’ite armed groups, undermining efforts to reunite the country as its troops press on with the assault of Mosul, Islamic State’s biggest stronghold. By Michael Georgy, Isabel Coles and John Davison.
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Mosul Dam collapse ‘will be worse than a nuclear bomb’
Warnings by scientists and environmentalists about an imminent collapse are dismissed by Iraqi officials as far-fetched. [Not so much.] By Barbara Bibbo.
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Is the Battle for Mosul Doomed?
ISIS is vastly overpowered—but has dug in its heels. By Daniel L. Davis.
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[Actual, non-Al Qaeda, non-Daesh] Syrian militias get more U.S. support for IS fight, plan new phase
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State has boosted support for its Syrian allies, supplying armored vehicles for the first time as they prepare for a new phase in their campaign to capture Raqqa, a spokesman for the militia said on Tuesday. By Tom Perry.
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Did ISIS inadvertently uncover the secret to the “lost” Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
ISIS destroyed an ancient shrine — and archeologists may have discovered a wonder of the ancient world underneath. By Noah Charney.
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‘The Planes Have Destroyed Us’
America says its airstrikes are helping liberate Iraqis from the Islamic State. Residents of Mosul give a very different account. By Sam Kimball.
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Twelve dead after IS attack on Iranian parliament
At least 12 people died and dozens more were injured when terrorists stormed the Iranian parliament and the mausoleum of its modern founder yesterday. By Amir Vahdat.
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ISIS Attack Exposes Anti-Iran Propaganda
An ISIS-claimed terror attack in Iran killing a dozen people shows how dishonest the U.S. government has been in lumping Iran in with terror groups that it has aggressively fought, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains.
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