The recent history of Libya and Iraq shows that exclusion and disbanding armed forces during periods of fragment and polarize society and can even lead to war or to country's breakdown.. ..…

It’s the stubborn refusal of the Western establishment to acknowledge this truth that has led to the absurd and, yes, tragic situation in which we now find ourselves: namely, that while the armed forces of the U.S. and its allies have been combating jihadists in Afghanistan for over seventeen years and in..…

Hopefully, of California, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, North Korea and others that still execute people. ..…

Meanwhile, as anti-Islamic sentiment has increased among evangelicals, predominantly Muslim powers (such as Iraq during the Iraq War) have sometimes been floated as possibilities, and evangelical author Joel Richardson has suggested the Antichrist will arise from Islam. . ... Pence Plan to..…

If Washington can destabilize Syria and Iran, as it did Iraq and Libya, Hezbollah would be cut off from support. ..…

In recent weeks, there have been reports that some 1,000 troops—backed by larger numbers across the border in Iraq—will remain on Syrian soil, while the US military has been spotted trucking large quantities of arms and materiel into the US-occupied zone. . ..…

Note that Thailand, site CIA abuses, does not appear on ICC's, nor does Iraq, presumably because neither is signatory to the treaty.. ..…

Some believe that they can learn to fend for themselves against groups such as Islamic State Syria and Iraq or Taliban. ..…

So state-linked, -employed, section of Iraqi society, with assorted militias protecting its interests, enjoys the benefits of Iraq's still substantial oil revenues, while vast swathes of largely Sunni Iraq amid failing infrastructure... ... It's they, like their Kurdish..…

Trump on Saturday said ISIL has been defeated, and that the US, as part of a coalition, 'has has liberated all ISIS-controlled territory in Syria and Iraq—100 Percent of the caliphate”. . ... A UN report seen by Reuters has estimated there are up to 18,000 ISIL militants in Iraq and..…

around 200 Maldivians, including 12 females and five minors, were fighting Syria and Iraq, after Tunisia .. ... Indeed, Iraq and elsewhere in Middle East, the foreign fighters have started retuning home, to their countries of origin, including Maldives. ..…