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8 October 20170944 Sarah Ribbert

Syria and Iraq: Cultural Heritage Also Dies

The wealth of cultural sites strewn throughout present day Syria and Iraq bear ample witness to the fact that this area was once revered as the cradl

10 February 201701247 Hakim Khatib

ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan – In early February 2016, a group of young men gathered in the ancient citadel at the heart of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s au

2 December 20160803 James M. Dorsey

The short answer to the question: Where does one start? If things in the Middle East and North Africa were not complicated enough, answering the que

5 November 20150840 Neville Teller

Battlefields are chaotic. In the turmoil created by forces in conflict, it is often difficult to discern a clear pattern until the smoke of battle ha

15 June 201501349 Neville Teller

Across today’s Middle East armed forces engage each other in constant conflict. The largest of the battlefields are Iraq and Syria; others include

19 January 20150668 Hakim Khatib

Islamic State (IS), previously known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has shown nothing but destruction, chaos and sectarianism. Throug