For many Syrian Christians, the flight of their brethren from sectarian conflict in neighboring Iraq and recent attacks on Christians in Egypt have highlighted the dangers they fear they will face if Assad succumbs to the wave of uprisings sweeping the Arab world. . Iraq . The body of..…

US naval fleets enjoy near unrestricted access over these high seas, much more so than any other nation on earth. ... Despite its defeats in Iraq and Syria, America still comprises the strongest power in the Middle East, assisted by key ally Israel. ..…

AQ's global network includes remnants of Afghanistan and Pakistan, al-Nusrah Front Syria, other AQ-linked extremists Syria, AQ in Arabian Peninsula, AQ in Islamic Maghreb, Jama'at Nusrat al- Islam wal- Muslimin, al-Shabaab, and AQ in Indian Subcontinent.. ..…

Two of the countries in crisis, Haiti and Iraq, are on opposite ends of the earth but have something important in common. ... It should be no surprise that the new governments installed by all these U.S. wars and coups are among the most corrupt regimes on earth. . ..…

Hell on Earth . . At any rate, the only maniacs who want US personnel to remain in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, three hell-holes created, in part, by the US, are zealous military leaders,  defense contractors/suppliers, corrupt officials the US has propped up in the three countries, and..…

World Aug 26, 2019 8 06 PM EDT BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament called on Monday for the withdrawal of U.S troops from Iraq, following series of airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Shiite militias in the country that have been blamed on Israel.. ..…

Iran Versus the World . Iraq enjoyed the support of the United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, West Germany, France, and the Arab League—with the exception of Syria and Libya—and even used chemical weapons on Iranian troops. ..…

Spletstoser appealed it and accused the commander of sexually harassing her throughout her tour of duty in Iraq. The Army Board for the Correction of Military Records wrote that “applicant’s scorched earth attack on the OER, much of which is patently specious, undermines her overall..…

Moreover, the unrestrained exercise of U.S power has not prevented some states from acquiring nuclear weapons in the past indeed, it was one of the key reasons that North Korea moved heaven and earth to get the bomb, why Iraq and Libya were interested in doing so themselves, and why Iran..…

Our policy is to move our policy towards peace and to improve relations with the Arab world. Iraq is not a negotiator, but I think the policy of Egypt and Syria to improve relations with us helps us to bring pressure for a settlement. . ..…

Hell on Earth . At any rate, the only maniacs who want US personnel to remain in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, three hell-holes created, in part, by the US, are zealous military leaders,  defense contractors/suppliers, corrupt officials the US has propped up in the three countries, and black..…

While Iraq’s Christians have experienced persecutions throughout their nearly 2,000-year history in the region, the past 100 years have seen the ancient community experience waves of genocide unequaled since Tamerlane’s Mongol Horde nearly exterminated the Church in Iraq in the 14th century. ...…

These same U.S weapons that poison people and the earth were used Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq both Gulf Wars, Afghanistan, North Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, and Libya.. ..…

A flurry of recent diplomatic activity and high-profile visits to the Iraqi capital, including this month’s re-opening of a Saudi Consulate in Baghdad — for the first time in nearly 30 years — points to a new era of openness as the nation sheds its war image and re-engages with the world. ...…

Rather than prevent more fighting, our research suggests, Iraq’s clampdown on Sunnis may spark another civil war. . Eric Keels is the Research Associate at One Earth Future Foundation & Research Fellow at the Howard H. ..…

TEHRAN (FNA)- Pope Francis, ending a landmark conference on sexual abuse of minors by clergy, called on Sunday for an 'all-out battle' against a crime he called abominable and that should be 'erased from the face of the earth'. . . . . Iran to Launch New Direct Flights to Iraq, Turkey in..…

At that time, with America’s superpower enemy, the Soviet Union, long gone and the U.S. seemingly unopposed on planet Earth, he somehow found three weak countries — Iraq, Iran, and North Korea — to turn into a World War II-style “axis of evil.” ..…

Iraq’s Kurds rose up again, in the 1980s, with Iranian backing, during the Iran-Iraq war. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s army waged a brutal scorched-earth campaign, using poison gas and forcibly resettling up to 100,000 Kurds in the southern desert. . ..…

America should not be doing the fighting for every nation on earth not being reimbursed in many cases at all, soldiers during his surprise visit to Iraq, adding that they also have to pay price, and sometimes that's also monetary price... ..…

These forces found common ground Iraq with U.S intervention they once battled as they shared in Iraqi against mutual foe, ISIS. ..…

“Friends of Palestine”, “friends of Kurdistan”, “friends of Iraq”, “friends of the Earth”, “Friends of Ireland”, “Friends of the Blacks” (in France, 1788-93) — those terms usually describe loose assemblings of sympathy, or diffuse lobby groups, rather than the sort..…

I am not supposed to review it ask yourself   Why on Earth were we Iraq   Fellow followers of Jesus, I beseech you, stop supporting unnecessary wars and conflicts.. ..…

Iraq’s Foreign Ministry said it regretted the decision and urged foreign diplomats not to pay attention to “what is being circulated to undermine the climate of security and stability accompanying Iraq’s relations with the countries of the world.” . Iraq is committed to protecting..…

If you take a community of Muslims from Syria or Iraq or any other country on Earth and place them in the heart of Europe, you are importing, by definition, some percentage, however small, of radicalized people. ..…

He has referred to terrorism as “a malevolent force that defiles an honorable religion by disputing God’s love for each and every soul on earth,” and the war in Iraq as “a fight between right and wrong, good and evil.” ..…

Instead, Bolton has repeatedly made the clear-cut case that the Kurdish people have proven their ability to run a federal government in arguably the most volatile corner of the earth. . Bolton vocally supported the September 2017 Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) referendum on independence from..…

Kevin Cooper and Emily Anagnostos and the ISW Iraq Team ISW. ..…

“There has already been a redrawing of the Middle East,” prompted by the “new realities on the ground.” . Iraq was fragmented when ISIS seized large swathes of Iraq in the summer of 2014, argued Barzani. . ..…

The Mexican drug war is one of the bloodiest conflicts on Earth. The number of civilian deaths far outstrips those in Ukraine, Afghanistan, and even Iraq. ..…

After all, newly Iraq is today more engaged in the fight against Arab radicalism than any country on Earth, save United States -- with. ..…

The passage from a failed Islamic system to a modern democracy already has happened in the Muslim world. Iraq need only look to Turkey for a successful example of modernization. . . ..…