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An Iraqi family walks from ISIS controlled part of Mosul towards Iraqi special forces soldiers during a battle in Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. Reuters photo


After Mosul: Iraq Faces Three Challenges

After Mosul: Iraq Faces Three Challenges

London- Last Thursday, Dressed in battle fatigue and adopting a martial tone, Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi entered the remains of the historic al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul to announce the end of ISIS. “The return of al-Nuri Mosque and al-Hadba minaret to the fold...
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (AFP)


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Tomb of Hafez, Iran


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Putin – Reuters


Tsar Vladimir and His 40 Daughters

Tsar Vladimir and His 40 Daughters

Will they? Won’t they? These are the questions that are making the rounds in international political circles these days. The “they” in question are the new US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin who may or may not hold a tete-a-tete on...
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A Kurdish man shows his ink-stained finger after voting during regional parliamentary elections at a polling station in Erbil (Photo: Reuters/Azad Lashkari).


Kurdish Referendum: What Mullah Mustafa Might Do

Kurdish Referendum: What Mullah Mustafa Might Do

What would a list of the problems that need urgent attention in Iraq today look like? No matter how you look at it the campaign to liberate Mosul and wipe out ISIS, regarded by many as an enemy of humanity, would top the list. Next to it might be the formation of a...