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ISIS fighters stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, June
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ISIS in One Year … between Expansion, Collapse

ISIS in One Year … between Expansion, Collapse

Rabat- On December 28, 2016, the Iraqi Forces kicked off the second phase of Mosul’s liberation after it was postponed many times for logistic and climate reasons. This extended operation came in coincidence with the joining of the Sultanate of Oman to the Saudi-led...
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An ambulance carrying the body of Islamist opposition leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid comes out of the Dhaka Central Jail after his execution on Sunday, November 22, 2015. REUTERS/Ashikur Rahman


Bangladesh Acknowledging ISIS as Present

Bangladesh Acknowledging ISIS as Present

Bangladesh is one of the world’s most highly populated countries. Ranking the world’s seventh, with a population of 160 million, Bangladesh is also considered one of the most densely populated Muslim nations, ranking third after Indonesia and Pakistan. Four main...
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epa04840788 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras walks in the Greek Parliament, in Athens, Greece, 10 July 2015. Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos briefed in detail the SYRIZA parliamentary group on the latest developments early the same morning. The proposal submitted by Greece to Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem and the institutions has also been tabled at the parliament’s legislative service. The document is into 10 July’s daily agenda, so that the plenum can decide with emergency procedures on whether to authorize Prime Minister Tsipras, Government Vice-President Yiannis Dragasakis and Finance Minister Tsakalotos to negotiate the proposal. The new proposals are closer to creditors’ demands than previous offers in the areas of VAT and pension reform, as well as tax rates for the country’s islands, according to media who had seen a copy of the document. EPA/PANTELIS SAITAS


Opinion: Greece and the Return of Ideology

Opinion: Greece and the Return of Ideology

Ever since the Soviet Empire collapsed, a mantra of Western political analysis has been “the death of ideology.” The argument is that, having experimented with a variety of ideologies, from nationalism to Fascism and Nazism and, more recently, Khomeinism, mankind has...