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Opinion: The Minorities in the Bigger Picture of the Levant

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Nov 8, 2016 | Opinion

The Lebanese Parliament has elected Michel Aoun, MP, as Lebanon’s new president and has thus ended the ‘Presidential Vacuum’ brought about, since May 25th 2014, by the boycott carried out by Hezbollah and its subservient parliamentary blocs which would accept no...

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Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) take part in an operation against Islamic State militants on the outskirts of the town of Hammam Al-Alil, south of Mosul, Iraq October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Conflicting News on Mosul, Iraqi Officer Confirms: Troops Entered Karama District

by Munaf al Obeidi | Nov 1, 2016 | Middle East

Kirkuk – Iraqi military officers gave conflicting statements on Monday on the battle of Mosul as one confirmed the Iraqi forces entered the city, while the other denied. Iraqi troops entered the Karama district of the ISIS stronghold of Mosul on Monday, their first...

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Iraqi soldiers pose with the ISIS flag along a street of the town of al-Shura, which was recaptured from ISIS on Saturday, south of Mosul, Iraq October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

PMF Starts Offensive towards Tal Afar, ISIS Prepares TOW Missiles

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 31, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad and Erbil – Iraqi troops and security forces in Mosul are closing on the southern fronts of the city. Yet, a leader at one of the Shiite militias, recently participated in the battle, warned that the war on ISIS will be exhaustive and long. A military...

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Kurdish forces gather after ISIS forces militants a major attack on the city of Kirkuk, Iraq, October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

Fighting Rages in Kirkuk, ISIS Uses Mosul Civilians as Human Shields

by Dalshad Abdullah | Oct 22, 2016 | Middle East

Erbil-Security forces battled for a second day Saturday with ISIS terrorists who infiltrated Kirkuk in a raid that shook Iraq as it ramped up an offensive to retake Mosul. A day after the shock attack on the Kurdish-controlled city, extremist snipers and suspected...

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A member of Iraqi pro-government forces stands on the frontline on October 21, 2016 near the village of Tall al-Tibah, some 30 kilometers south of Mosul, during an operation to retake the main hub city from ISIS. BULENT KILIC / AFP

Mosul: A Long-Awaited Offensive Now Fought by Sectarian Bigots

by Salman Al-dossary | Oct 22, 2016 | Opinion

Footage broadcasting Mosul’s long-anticipated offensive shows Iraqi forces and thousands of military armored vehicles marching towards the ISIS de-facto capital in Iraq in hopes of ridding it of terror dominance. The Fall of Mosul happened between 4–10 June 2014, when...