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Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps soldiers march during an annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2013. (EPA/Abedin Taherkenareh)


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US Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement to the press after a meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon at the Palace of Nations in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on November 3, 2015. (Reuters/Brendan Smialowski/Pool)


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A handout picture provided by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mouallem (C-R) meeting with United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (C-L), during a brief visit in the Syrian capital Damascus on November 1, 2015. (AFP Photo/HO/ SANA)


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Soldiers from the US Army’s Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment go on patrol near Command Outpost AJK (short for Azim-Jan-Kariz, a nearby village) in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. (Reuters/Andrew Burton)


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A 21-year old from the UK, nick-named by Kurdish fighters as Hewal Givara, stands with his weapon at night on April 14, 2015, in the outskirts of the north-western Syrian town of Tal Tamr, north of Hasakeh, near the border with Turkey. (AF[/Ugyar Onder Simsek)


Opinion: The Kurdish Dilemma

Opinion: The Kurdish Dilemma

The joint operation by US and Kurdish Peshmerga forces to free 20 Iraqis captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq has created much controversy, given that it is the first ground operation carried out by the Americans in Iraq since the decision to...