“Syrian 5th Corps” is new Shiite foreign legion
Syria and its allies came closer than ever to taking Aleppo on Friday, Dec. 2, when they captured the Tariq
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Shiite militias
Trump Transition Team Bids for Obama’s Hands-off in Syria and Iraq
Vice President elect Mike Pence, as leader of the Trump transition team asked White House chief of staff Denis McDonough
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Pro-Iranian Shiites ready to lead Mosul operation
The US-led coalition offensive for liberating Mosul from ISIS suffered two ominous downturns on its 10th day Friday, Oct. 28,
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Contrarian Shiites and Kurds Bedevil US Mosul Offensive Commanders
The US-Iraqi-Kurdish offensive for the liberation of Mosul was launched Monday, Oct. 17 with high hopes in Washington, Baghdad and
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Fears of Mosul Offensive Breaking up into Regional Proxy Wars
The Kurdish Peshmerga, far from being a homogeneous army, is in fact two contingents divided along the lines of the
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The big Mosul offensive is stuck, halted by ISIS
Less than a day after its launch, the big Mosul offensive prepared for more than a year by the US,
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Iran Redeploys Shiite Militias Excluded from Mosul on the Syrian, Saudi, Jordanian Borders
President Barack Obama has finally decided to push the main pro-Iranian Iraqi Shiite militias out of the concentration of military
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Five Causes of the Long Delay in Liberating Mosul
Western media announced for the umpteenth time this week that the Iraqi army is preparing to launch its oft-delayed offensive
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How US gave Fallujah’s Sunnis into Iranian hands
Sunni refugees In the last few days, the Western press has been full of harrowing reports on the death and
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US-Iranian-Russian-Iraqi offensive launched to recover Ramadi from ISIS
Ramadi, the capital of the vast Anbar Province, was the second major Iraqi city to fall to the Islamic State
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