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Sheen Ibrahim, Kurdish fighter from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) walks together with other YPG fighters in Raqqa, Syria June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Seven US Bases In Syria’s Kurdish Zones

by Ibrahim Hamidi | Jul 5, 2017 | Middle East

London- Kurdish sources confirmed on Tuesday the presence of seven US military bases and airports in the Arab-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) areas, eastern Syria. Commander of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) Sipan Hamo told Asharq Al-Awsat that the...

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Tribal fighters take part in a military training to prepare for fighting against Islamic State militants, at the Ain al-Assad military base in Anbar province November 15, 2014. Picture taken November 15, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

US Bases Welcomed in Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 28, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad – Six years after the last US soldier retreated from Iraq, Sunnis have themselves forced to accept the re-entrance of the US troops after they have been one of the parties strongly opposing the occupation. Observers believe that the talk about “US Bases” is...

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Iran and Russia: Old Enemies, New Allies

by Amir Taheri | Aug 23, 2016 | World

“Our relations with Russia have assumed a strategic nature,” says Rear-Admiral Ali Shamkhani, Secretary-General of Iran’s High Council of National Security. “In the context of the fight against common enemies, all our bases are available to Russia.” The historic...