What Iraq Must Do To Protect Minorities
August 3, 2016 marks the tragic two-year anniversary of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...
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US conditions military aid to Peshmerga on cooperation with Baghdad
The recently signed military agreement between the U.S. Department of Defense and the Ministry of...
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The Flames That Consumed Hope
I’m frequently asked to write security assessments of Baghdad, to gauge what the risks are and...
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Hoshyar Zebari & KRG Violate IMF Bylaws & Iraqi Constitution
On June 2, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies hosted a day long event...
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Critics of Fallujah’s Liberation Ignore Its Suffering
There has been an influx of commentary on the operation to liberate Fallujah that began on May 22,...
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Ayatollah Sistani’s Code of Conduct to Iraqi Fighters
The fight against ISIL continues and Iraq’s brave are on the offensive against the world’s most...
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5 Essential Readings On Sykes-Picot
Reaching its centenary today, the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 has been the subject of much...
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The Kurds: Everything You Didn’t Know
(In response to: “The Kurds: Everything You Need to Know” – Dave Rubin talks to Bayan...
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Abd al-Latif al-Humayim and the Struggle for Influence in Ramadi
Political conflict between the Anbar local government and the Sunni Endowment (Sunni Waqf) has...
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The Civil Wars of Iraq’s Sunni Tribes: Fault Lines within 8 Sunni tribes and Sub-tribes, 2003-2016.
“We had a very poor understanding of the divisions within the tribes, the fact that tribes...
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