By GREGORY HELLMAN and CONNOR O’BRIEN 12/20/2018 05:02 PM EST Vehicles of the US-led coalition battling the Islamic State group patrol the town of Rmelane in Syria’s Hasakeh province on June 5. | Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s abrupt announcement that “we have defeated ISIS” in Syria and U.S troops are “all coming back…
Authored by Keir Giles. Added February 20, 2015 Type: Letort Papers 61 Pages Download Format: PDF Cost: Free Send this page to a colleague. Alert me when similar studies are published Brief Synopsis View the Executive Summary This monograph, completed ahead of the November 2014 deadline, examines some of the underlying factors which will…
The Political History of an Idea By Nick Danforth November 19, 2014 Abdulhamid II, who would become one of the last Ottoman sultans and caliphs, as a prince in 1867. (W.&D. DOWNEY / Jebulon) The Myth of the Caliphate15 min 16 secs +ADD TO PLAYLISTBUY AUDIO VERSION In 1924, Turkish leader Kemal Ataturk officially abolished…
By Joe Gould, Staff writer 1:22 p.m. EST December 2, 2014 (Photo: Marwan Naamani / AFP) WASHINGTON — An Iranian hacker group has breached airlines, energy companies, defense firms and even the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, according to the U.S. cyber security firm Cylance. The firm says these attacks — dubbed Operation Cleaver — showcase a…
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI October 15, 2014 1:40 PM TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran drew back the veil — if slightly — over its intelligence services on Wednesday, with its top nuclear security official crediting them for helping protect the Islamic Republic‘s atomic program from attempts at sabotage. In a first, Iran provided public information…
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal (R) and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter … By Maria Khan | IB Times – 14 hours ago German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier held in Jeddah on October 13, 2014. “Our reservations are about Iran‘s policy in the region, not about Iran as a country or people. In many conflicts, Iran is part of the…
Naval Weapons Jeremy Binnie, London and Daniel Wasserbly, Washington, DC – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly 08 September 2014 A Khalij Fars is seen in front of a Fateh-110 during the missile delivery ceremony held on 5 March. Source: Iranian Ministry of Defence Iran‘s Khalij Fars anti-ship ballistic missile (AShBM) – a weapon that could shift…
June 26, 2014 3:33 AM Firefighters put out a fire at Duroy hotel as people watch from windows following a bomb attack, in Raouche, … DUBAI (Reuters) – The al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades had urged Lebanese Sunni Muslims to attack the Iranian-backed Shi’ite militant group Hezbollah a day before Wednesday’s suicide bombing in central Beirut.…
Rajeev Agarwal While the US, EU, and Russia were squabbling over the future of Ukraine over the past few months, the West Asia region was in stalemated position with the Syrian crisis nowhere near resolution and a sense of fatigue and frustration setting in throughout the region. Meanwhile, almost unnoticed, Iraq underwent its parliamentary elections…
Iran is up, America is down. North Korea isn’t as bad as you think. But what do numbers rating the stability of a country really mean? Index by the Fund for Peace — Illustrations by Luke Shuman » Part 1: Rankings and Map » Part 2: Notable Changes and Scores » Part 3: Postcards from…
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