The US Assassination Of Qasem Soleimani In Baghdad
There is a well-observed episode of the American television series The West Wing where the character of President Josiah Bartlet,Continue Reading
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There is a well-observed episode of the American television series The West Wing where the character of President Josiah Bartlet,Continue Reading
There is an almost universal belief among -right and centre-left political commentators in the United States that Donald Trump isContinue Reading
The use of foreign-born recruits or mercenaries for combat operations by the military and paramilitary forces of the Gulf States hasContinue Reading
The news and current affairs website, Politico, has published a number of claims by former government officials in the UnitedContinue Reading
Reading this report in the Guardian by Martin Chulov, the newspaper’s veteran Middle East correspondent, it seems that my analysis ofContinue Reading
The precipitous withdrawal of forces nominally loyal to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from the oil-rich Kirkuk region of northernContinue Reading
With some sections of the Western news media proclaiming imminent victory over the Islamic State (an entirely nebulous concept given theContinue Reading
Just as things were beginning to look up for the various Kurdish factions fighting the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, reports out ofContinue Reading
Related to my post on the rise of Iran as a regional superpower in the Middle East as a consequenceContinue Reading
One of the more interesting if unintended outcomes of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 has been the elevationContinue Reading
Couple of things caught my eye over the weekend. One is the low key presence of the regular Iraqi ArmedContinue Reading
Talking of the conflict in Iraq there is a good piece in Vice magazine by Hetav Rojan on the militaryContinue Reading