Degrading Environmental Conditions in Iraq Providing Cover for Terrorism
Over a three-week span in April and May, the Iraqi news agency Shafaq News reported at least three separate attacks in which ISIS fighters took advantage of dust storms to…
Over a three-week span in April and May, the Iraqi news agency Shafaq News reported at least three separate attacks in which ISIS fighters took advantage of dust storms to…
In the excerpted article from the Fars News Agency, an outlet close to the Iranian military and the hardline political spectrum, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the…
As the accompanying article from the South African security think tank the Institute for Security Studies notes, the use of drones by African violent non-state actors has received little media…
The accompanying passages from well-known Israeli dailies Haaretz and The Times of Israel report on recent comments by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz regarding Iranian export of terrorism. Gantz recently…
In late May, nearly one hundred Iraqi families, over 300 people, were repatriated from Syria’s al-Hawl refugee camp, under UN auspices and heavily armed Iraqi government escort. Iraqi repatriations from…
Decades of sanctions, war, and corruption have eroded Iraq’s electrical grid. While both the United States and Iraq have invested billions of dollars into Iraq’s grid, Iraq’s rapidly expanding population—more…
23 March 2021 marked the two-year anniversary of the Battle of Baghuz, in which Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),, with coalition support, expelled ISIS from its final population center (on the…
High-level Iranian officials recently condemned Turkish threats to launch a military operation to confront Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Sinjar District. As the accompanying articles report, the rivalry between Iran and…
On Dec. 17, 2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to Turkey. The visit took place after months of tense relations over several issues, with…
In recent years the goal of Turkish foreign policy has been to achieve short-term results with coercive measures. Rather than engaging in diplomacy, Turkey has relied on hard power and…