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Formation of US Navy F-18E Super Hornets in flight over northern Iraq on September 23, 2014. (AFP Photo/US Air Force /Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
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Delegates stand during a moment of silence in honor of victims of terrorism at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council regarding the threat of foreign terrorist fighters during the 69th session of the UN General Assembly at UN headquarters, Wednesday, September 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
UN backs strong laws against foreign extremist fighters
United Nations, Reuters—The UN Security Council demanded on Wednesday that all states make it a serious criminal offense for their citizens to travel abroad to fight with militant groups, or to recruit and fund others to do so, in a move sparked by the rise of the...Caption:
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks to the press following a visit to the Khomeini mausoleum, in Tehran on June 16, 2013. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
Opinion: Have We Entered the Iranian Era?
During this period of successive, barely understood regional developments, I believe a question worth asking regarding the Middle East is whether the US, and the international community behind it, has a serious vision of how the current situation may develop. What we...Caption:
Iraqi minister of transportation, Hadi Al-Ameri, inspects volunteer fighters who joined the Iraqi army to fight against jihadist militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Al-Othaim in Diyala province, north of the capital Baghdad, on August 3, 2014. (AFP Photo/Amer Al-Saadi)
Hadi Al-Ameri: A Militia Leader Torn between Washington and Tehran
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—When the leader of the Badr Organization, Hadi Al-Ameri, became Iraq’s minister of transport during former prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s second term in office, no one from Iraq’s political class or the major international political players...Caption:
An EA-6B Prowler attached to the Garudas of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134 lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush (CVN 77) after conducting strike missions against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets, in the Gulf, September 23, 2014, in this handout picture courtesy of the US Navy. (Reuters/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Stephens/US Navy/Handout via Reuters)