Russia Airfreights Syrian Troops to Save Deir Ez-Zour from Falling to ISIS
Russian freight planes Wednesday, Jan. 18 transported hundreds of Syrian troops into battle in northeastern Syria where the key town
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Iranian Foreboding over Putin’s Pivot Away towards Trump and Erdogan
Tehran sees all its Middle East gains in the years of the Obama administration going to pot, because President Vladimir
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Propping up US-Iraqi Mosul flop exposed Baghdad
Iraqi tank blown up by ISIS bomber in Mosul battle The US-backed Iraqi campaign launched in October to liberate Mosul
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Turkish army like Iraqis stalled by ISIS pushback
Wednesday, Dec. 28, hours before US Secretary of State John Kerry was due to deliver a major speech on his
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ISIS strikes in Berlin, Jordan – and Mosul too
The city of Berlin and the Jordanian Crusader town of Karaka are 3,000km apart, but the distance did not stop
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Russian Elite Spetsnaz Trounced in Face-off with ISIS
The Russians first admitted to putting boots on the ground in the Syrian war 10 months ago, when the elite
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ISIS seizes big Russian-Syrian T-4 air base
Islamic State forces pushed their assault forward to retake the central Syrian town of Palmyra Monday, Dec. 12. By
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Mosul offensive folds, waiting now for Trump
The failue of the US-backed Iraqi army offensive to liberate Mosul – nine weeks after it began – could no longer
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Bickering between US and Iraqi Generals Throws Mosul Air Operation off Track
The argument between the US Central Command and Iraq’s senior staff and air force chiefs has not so far filtered
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As the Mosul Offensive Peters out, ISIS Poises for Its Comeback
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi marked the sixth week of the offensive to recover Mosul from the Islamic State with
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