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Iraq no longer needs foreign troops on its soil: PM

The Iraqi prime minister’s comments come a day after security sources suggest planes carrying US military personnel arrived at Ain al-Asad base in Anbar Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani stated that Iraq “no longer needs the presence of foreign combat forces on its soil,” in a meeting with several …

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Jihadists vs Fatah: The Trojan Horse in Lebanon’s Palestinian camps

The recent outbreak of violence in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp has sparked debate on security concerns, external machinations, Palestinian civil rights, and the fundamental question of the right to return. The deadly clashes that erupted in late July in the Ain al-Hilweh camp, a prominent Palestinian refugee settlement in …

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Central Asia is the prime battlefield in the New Great Game

So long as Russia and China remain the region’s dominant political and economic powers, the Central Asian heartland will remain a US and EU target for threats, bribes, and color revolutions. Samarkand, Uzbekistan – The historical Heartland – or Central Eurasia – already is, and will continue to be, the …

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