Reading Time: 3 minutes Unfortunately, our leaders today don’t have his backbone when it comes to resisting foreign pressure
Tag: Iraq
After the fall: the Islamic State’s next chapter
Reading Time: 4 minutes The collapse of the Islamic State nation will have a profound effect on the organization but it will not eliminate its ongoing presence
The battle for Mosul inches forward
Reading Time: 4 minutes So far, Islamic State forces have stopped short of using civilians as a buffer between its and the advancing Iraqi military
Turkey is the Middle East’s newest rogue actor
Reading Time: 3 minutes Erdogan asserts that his government has a right to a sphere of influence over the region that once made up the Ottoman Empire
Mustard gas – the original WMD – is set to stage a return
Reading Time: 4 minutes After an absence of almost a century, mustard gas is about to return to the modern battlefield
Mosul’s fate can only be devastatingly tragic
Reading Time: 3 minutes The liberation of Mosul is going to be the bloodiest, most bitterly-fought urban campaign since Stalingrad