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Opinion: Aleppo and Mosul – A Tale of Two Cities

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Aug 10, 2016 | Opinion

In 1859, the celebrated British author Charles Dickens wrote ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, a famous novel whose events took place in Paris and London during and in the aftermath of the French revolution, and dealt with the plight of the French peasantry under the old...

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ISIS militants celebrate on vehicles taken from Iraqi security forces, at a street in the city of Mosul, June 12, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

Nineveh’s Nujaifi: Iran Seeks to Provoke Arab-Kurdish Strife

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 4, 2016 | Middle East

Irbil-Former Governor of Nineveh Atheel al-Nujaifi reiterated that Iran’s nonstop determination to incorporate paramilitary militias such as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq proves its expansionist intentions. Iran, via proxy militias, wishes to extend...

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Yazidi Kurdish women chant slogans during a protest against ISIS in Dohuk, northern Iraq, Aug. 3, 2015. Photo by Seivan M. Salim/AP

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Runs Training Camp to Play a Part in Mosul Liberation Campaign

by Ma'ad Fayad | Jul 31, 2016 | World

Dahuk(Iraqi Kurdistan)-Baghdad- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) currently runs a training camp at Sulaymaniyah, which is located in Iraqi Kurdistan and controlled by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is led by former Iraqi Kurdistan...

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Smoke raises behind an Islamic State flag after Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters took control of Saadiya in Diyala province from Islamist State militants, November 24, 2014.

Demands for Quick Release of Detained Civilians of Fallujah Residents

by Munaf al Obeidi | Jul 25, 2016 | Middle East

Fallujah-Anbar Provincial Council announced that the return of families who left the recently liberated Fallujah is imminent. Residents will be provided identity cards that allow them to enter Fallujah, along with similar cards for vehicles. Data of up to 90,000...

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Iraqi security forces wait for vehicles travelling to Mosul to fight against militants of ISIS at an Iraqi army base in Camp Taji in Baghdad, February 21, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad/File Photo

Kerry Warns of Rising Challenges in Securing Iraq Post ISIS Riddance

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 20, 2016 | Middle East

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in an announcement made on Wednesday, said that the battlefield momentum in Iraq and Syria has shifted against ISIS but the international community must now also confront the challenge of stabilizing newly liberated areas....