Posted in , , Iraq, North Africa & West Asia . . By Minnie Bruce Pratt . ..…

Posted in , , Iraq, North Africa & West Asia . . By John Catalinotto . ..…

Rome began as humble city-state, within 800 years it had gained control over empire extending as west as Britain, south into North Africa, and east into Syria, Jordan, and Iraq.. ..…

Within 800 years south into North Africa and east into Syria and Iraq.. ..…

When uprisings shook the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, Lebanon — along with Algeria, Iraq, and Sudan — were mostly spared from the street activism that resulted in a few Arab leaders’ ousters that year. ..…

This is unsurprising considering that the heart of the Muslim world—including all of North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Turkey—was Christian centuries before the scimitar of Islam came. . ..…

All and the easternmost provinces of Islamic realm had been taken from Christian rulers   North Africa, Egypt, Syria, even Persian-ruled Iraq, had been Christian countries, in. ..…

I do not know why, said Renad Mansour, research fellow in Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House. she left Iraq, for United States, to study geology and environmental engineering at Colorado School of Mines. ..…

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa with significant numbers of Syrian refugees included Lebanon (944,200), Jordan (676,300) and Iraq (252,500). ..…

The persecution of Christians is perhaps at its most in the region of the birthplace of Christianity — Middle East & North Africa... In countries such as Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia the situation of Christians and other minorities has reached alarming..…

More directly, Syria and Iraq are in the Middle East. Afghanistan is in Asia. Libya is in North Africa. Bosnia is in southeastern Europe. All are well beyond the U.S. ..…

The true extent of the fall-out from the Libya war is remarkable: it has spurred terrorism in Europe, Syria, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. Islamic State, although now nearly defeated in Syria and Iraq, is far from dead. ..…

Readers should recall the US- UK-Canada's multiple illegal wars stretching from Libya North Africa, to Iraq and Syria in Middle East, to Afghanistan Central Asia and their collective, ongoing support for genuine dictatorships like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Neo-Nazi-aligned regime..…

Since then, NATO opened the war against Libya North Africa and participated in the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, all under U.S military direction. ..…

By eliminating al-Baghdadi, Hazimites could well be poised to take over leadership of the IS heartland Iraq and Syria order to subsequently inherent influence over its franchises North and West Africa.. ..…

It has already conquered Iraq. How much longer before its control and influence spreads throughout the Middle East and North Africa? ..…

North Africa, Egypt, Syria, even Persian-ruled Iraq, had been Christian countries, in. ..…

Not so ago, Iraq and Libya were the two most modern and secular states in Middle East and North Africa, with the highest regional standards of living. ..…

Not so long ago, Iraq and Libya were the two most modern and secular states in the Middle East and North Africa, with the highest regional standards of living. ... Military intervention and economic sanctions have turned Libya and Iraq into two of the world’s most failed..…

In the twenty years after the Second World War, mass movements swept the Middle East and North Africa. In three countries—Egypt, Iran, and Iraq—the working classes played an important role in the mass mobilizations. ..…

Not so long ago, Iraq and Libya were the two most modern and secular states in the Middle East and North Africa, with the highest regional standards of living. ... Military intervention and economic sanctions have turned Libya and Iraq into two of the world’s most failed..…

Around 30 or more are Syria and Iraq alone, countless others elsewhere in Middle East, north and other parts of Africa, Afghanistan and elsewhere Central Asia, Indo-Pacific, South and Central America new locations earmarked for still more bases.. ..…

This view is especially common in some countries in the Middle East-North Africa region; 34% in Jordan, 22% in Egypt and 21% in Iraq say they do not consider abortion to be a moral question. . ... In three countries surveyed in the Middle East and North Africa,..…

After writing, “For almost a thousand years, from the first Moorish landing in Spain [711] to the second Turkish siege of Vienna [1683], Europe was under constant threat from Islam,” Bernard Lewis elaborates: “All but the easternmost provinces of the Islamic realm had been taken from Christian..…

They want us to remain silent and do nothing about their wrongdoings in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and North Africa.” . ..…

Iraq العراق . Israel ישראל . Jordan الأردن . Lebanon لبنان . North Africa شمال افريقيا . ... IRAQ العراق . ISRAEL ישראל . JORDAN الأردن . LEBANON لبنان . NORTH AFRICA شمال افريقيا . ..…

Three successive administrations have used the AUMF to justify military action in Afghanistan, across the Middle East and North Africa, and in sub-Saharan Africa. . The US invasion and occupation of Iraq was undertaken essentially on the pretext of keeping Saddam Hussein from..…

In recent years, several countries and autonomous regions in Middle East and North Africa have also introduced some form of legislation or regulation, including Algeria, Bahrain, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. ..…

In the Middle East and North Africa, four countries – Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Sudan – had laws requiring women to wear religious attire. ..…

Six are in Asia-Pacific (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) and four are in the Middle East and North Africa (Iraq, Israel, Sudan and Saudi Arabia). ..…

This is undoubtedly true in the complicated Syrian war, especially for the Kurds in north Iraq, which is why many are viewing Trump’s decision as a betrayal of the Kurds. . ..…

But this characterization has colonial roots, and is the start of systematic disenfranchisement of Bedouin communities in desert regions North Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Levant, and Iraq, particularly in Negev of Israel. ..…

Prior to the combat in Madagascar and French North Africa, anti-British sentiment in Iraq was high. ..…

“Can anyone take any action in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, North Africa and the Persian Gulf without considering Iran’s viewpoint?” ..…

Middle East and North Africa . Egypt’s Expanding Jihadist Threat . Iraq’s Pre-election Turmoil . ..…

The threat of IS terror in North Africa, Libya, Syria and Iraq remains a serious problem. ..…

In these capacities, he advised policymakers on domestic and international legal issues relating to U.S foreign and policy, particularly as they relate to Middle East and North Africa. Among other issues, his portfolio included bilateral relations with Iraq, counter-ISIS efforts..…

Daesh kills 35 members in north Iraq over ‘conspiracy’ . Mon Feb 29, 2016 8:14AM . . . . . ..…

During their meeting, Ghani told him that Afghanistan could serve Iraq, North Africa, and West Africa... ..…

ISIS, which controls swathes of Iraq and Syria and has expanded into North Africa and the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, broke from al-Qaeda last year. ..…

Their number one objective has been to topple secular and socialistic regimes in the Middle East and North Africa, which although authoritarian, protected Christians and rejected religious extremism. Let’s start with Iraq. The fact that Christians were protected by the government..…

Central Region covers at least 18 countries in Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa, including Iraq and Afghanistan.. ..…

From Yemen to Iraq, from Somalia to North Africa, the today is more diffuse, with Al Qaeda's in Arabian Peninsula AQAP the most in plotting against our homeland. ..…

Joost Hiltermann is the Middle East & North Africa Program Director of the International Crisis Group and the author of . A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja . . (December 2017) . ..…

Joost Hiltermann is Middle East & North Africa Program Director of International Crisis Group and the author of Poisonous Affair America, Iraq, and Gassing of Halabja.. ..…

U.S intelligence agencies caution against predicting al-Qaida's demise too soon, noting its Pakistan and the persistent efforts of its affiliates to conduct attacks North Africa and elsewhere. U.S intelligence officials told The Associated Press July that al-Qaida leaders learned from..…