Editor’s Picks
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Dec- 2017 -22 DecemberWar
INTERVIEW: Coalition General Felix Gedney on preparing Iraq for life after ISIS
Maj. Gen. Felix Gedney, Coalition Deputy Commander, Strategy and Support talks policing, searching for ISIS leaders and IEDs in Iraq and Syria
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14 DecemberMiddle East
Did ISIS kill Iraqis with weapons the US gave to Syrian fighters?
ISIS captured European weapons given by the US to Syrian rebels and later used them against the Iraqi Security Forces in the battles of Mosul and Fallujah
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Nov- 2017 -27 NovemberWar
US aerial war on drugs in Afghanistan fraught with risks
Using US air power to counter drug trafficking in Afghanistan may jeopardize the broader mission by misallocating resources and boosting the civilian death toll
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14 NovemberWar
INTERVIEW: US General Andrew Croft on 3 years of Iraqi armed forces progress
Since 2014, the Iraqi Security Forces have developed new capabilities, building confidence and cohesion, and improving operational coordination
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10 NovemberCommentary
Assad and allies use “deconfliction dibs” to great advantage in eastern Syria
Assad uses the deconfliction agreement to great advantage in eastern Syria to prevent the US-backed forces from taking control of too much territory
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7 NovemberCommentary
Coalition moving to ‘consolidate gains’ against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
The U.S.-led Coalition is preparing to fight an insurgent ISIS as the military battle winds down in Iraq and Syria
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6 NovemberCommentary
“You’ve got to tell us more”: The 9/11 blank check, 16 years on
Sixteen years after the US Congress authorized the president to go after terrorists in Afghanistan, the AUMF exists as a blank check to wage war
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3 NovemberMiddle East
Al-Qaeda in Idlib? Examining bonds between Syria’s largest jihadi groups
Connections between al-Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria demand close scrutiny
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2 NovemberMiddle East
The Battle for Mosul: Combat ‘you would typically only think about seeing in the movies’
CJTF-OIR spokesman Col. Ryan Dillon talks about Mosul, investigating civilian casualties, and the future of ISIS
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Oct- 2017 -20 OctoberMiddle East
The greatest threat to people returning to war-ravaged Raqqa: ISIS mines
Mines left by ISIS now pose the biggest danger to people returning to the Syrian city of Raqqa
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