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Mosul battle – Iraq gaining momentum against IS

By Michael Knights  The announcement by the Iraqi military that its forces have reached the Tigris River for the first time in the battle for Mosul marks a significant moment…

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Refugees in Lebanon, Turkey & Jordan losing hope

By Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh  As 2016 drew to a close in Syria and the government took back control over eastern Aleppo, over 4.8 million Syrian refugees continued to seek safety and…

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The dodgy Trump dossier reminds me of the row over Saddam WMDs

By Patrick Cockburn  I talked to Iraqi defectors in the 1990s who claimed to have plenty of information about WMDs and gossip about Hussein's family affairs. It did not take…

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The ex-CIA agent who interrogated Saddam

By Adam Eley & Katie Alston When former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was captured in December 2003, the CIA required a specialist who could identify and interrogate him for information.…

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Is China the new custodian of the Middle East ?

By Shazar Shafqat Russia is calling all the shots in the Middle East. No, it's the United States. Oh hang on; it's the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries that…

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The Ankara assassination World War III or a Flash in the Pan?

In the summer of 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a nineteen-year-old radical Serb, assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, providing the spark into a highly volatile Europe which…

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It’s time the US started listening to Turkey

By David P. Goldman The Turkey's help, Russia is conducting direct negotiations with Syrian rebels, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The FT wrote that one opposition figure, when asked…

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Libya still broken one year on

By: Rana Jawad Saturday marks exactly a year since the signing of the political agreement brokered by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. The country was supposed to have…

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UN vote a slap at Netanyahu rather than defense of peace

By:Ray Hanania Much is being made of US President Barack Obama's decision not to veto a UN Security Council resolution declaring what the whole world already believes: Israel's settlements violate…

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The refugee children

By : Benjamin Hunter Who were moved out of the Calais Jungle and into French homes are now turning back to Calais A few days ago, a 16-year-old Eritrean refugee…

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