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In tactical shift, Iran grows new, loyal elite from among Iraqi militiasIran has handpicked hundreds of trusted fighters from among the cadres of its most powerful militia allies in Iraq, forming smaller, elite ...- A growing challenge for Iraq: Iran-aligned Shiite militiasIt is a tightrope for al-Kadhimi, who has said bringing armed groups under state control is a goal of his administration but finds himself ...
- Hazaras fear for the future as foreign troops exit AfghanistanAfghan security forces are struggling to hold off an increasingly powerful Taliban as international troops withdraw from the county, with p...
- Iraq trains United States-sanctioned militia leader for army position: SourcesMaking Lami a senior officer in the army is one of the boldest moves yet by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, a U.S. ally, to dilute the p...
- Pakistan exporting terror, claim three neighboursPakistan's sponsorship of Taliban is intended to ensure its control on territory in Afghanistan and is also a measure to pressure the incum...
- The US is losing track of who its friends are in IraqOn paper, the US is working alongside the Iraqi Security Forces, Kurdish militias, Sunni tribal groups, and sectarian Shiite militias.
- 'ISIS will benefit' from the Iran nuclear deal"ISIS will benefit a lot from this deal; segments of the Sunni community in the region will see Iran as having won and brought in from the ...
- There are still huge problems with the US strategy for fighting ISISThe US is making significant gains in its fight against IS. But some are still skeptical about Washington's overall strategy.
- The crippling contradiction in Obama's ISIS strategy is growingThe training failures highlight a massive contradiction that is crippling Obama's strategy to combat Sunni extremist group the Islamic Stat...
- ISIS is gaining momentum in the worst possible wayISIS is successfully marketing its "caliphate," an Islamic empire that aims to unite world's Muslims under a single religious entity.
- Three big assumptions in the anti-ISIS fight have all turned out to be falseUS officials have faced criticism about the Obama administration's strategy, which is built around certain key assumptions that haven't pan...
- Former US Army officer in Iraq explains why Obama's revamped ISIS strategy will failObama administration argues, arming and training Sunnis to defend their own territory is the only viable way to beat back Islamic State.
- The Iraqi campaign to retake Ramadi from ISIS is a looming disasterA successful campaign to retake the city could send ISIS into retreat. But failure would only solidify the jihadists' hold over a sizable p...
- The US is embracing a dark reality in IraqThe Iraqi army, which the US has tried to build up into a viable fighting force, fled when faced with dozens of car bombs in the provincial...
- Indian-origin cabbie jailed for murdering US soldier in IraqA 38-year-old Indian-origin taxi driver was today sentenced to life for making a roadside bomb that killed a US soldier in Baghdad in 2007.
- Iraq's divisions will delay counter-offensive on Islamic StateAmericans' training mission aims to prepare Iraqi troops for a spring offensive to retake territory, incl Mosul and Islamic State's powerba...
- Saddam Hussien connection likely helped in nurses’ release from IraqIndia’s special envoy Suresh Reddy worked on his connections with Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, seeking his Naqshbandi militia’s support to rescu...
- Four Naxals arrested in ChhattisgarhFour Naxals including three women were today arrested in connection with the attack on a polling booth in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, ...
- Iraq suicide bombers kill 46Suicide bombers killed 46 people in Iraq on Sunday in two separate attacks targeting anti-Qaeda militiamen that marked the country's bloodi...
- US forces raid al-Sadr's strongholdA day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr resurfaced to end nearly four months in hiding and demand U.S. troops leave Iraq, America...
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