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Jim Mattis at his confirmation hearing. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)

Questions that General Mattis Can’t Answer

by Amir Taheri | Jun 9, 2017 | Opinion

In one of his first acts as President of the United States, Donald Trump lifted the restrictions imposed by his predecessor Barack Obama on the Pentagon’s ability to devise and implement strategies in Iraq and Syria as part of a re-invigorated war on terrorism. The...

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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu addresses the media in Ankara, Turkey, July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Ankara Criticizes Tehran’s Sectarianism

by Said Abdul Razzak | Feb 20, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the Iran strategy and role played in the region has a destabilizing nature with an end goal of making both Iraq and Syria two Shi’ite states. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Cavusoglu said...

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The UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura displays a map of Syria during a press conference in Munich yesterday (AFP)

Washington: Saudi Arabia and the UAE Send Forces to Train Local Fighters and Liberate Mosul and Raqqah

by Heba El Koudsy | Feb 13, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter yesterday said that more than 90% of countries in the international coalition against ISIS pledged to increase their military and non-military contribution to defeat the terrorist organisation at the meeting of the...