March, 2019

• 13 March

  Heavy fighting reported as US-backed forces attack last ISIS stronghold in Syria

  Heavy fighting erupted Sunday as US-backed forces attacked the last ISIS stronghold in Syria amid a final push to clear the jihadist group from the war-torn country.

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• 13 March

  How ISIS Is Rising in the Philippines as It Dwindles in the Middle East

  Across the islands of the southern Philippines, the black flag of the Islamic State is flying over what the group considers its East Asia province. Men in the jungle, two oceans away from the arid birthplace of the Islamic State, are taking the terrorist brand name into new battles.

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• 13 March

  Hezbollah cries for donations, considers sanctions ‘war’

  The Iranian-backed Lebanon’s Hezbollah has called on its supporters to donate money as it suffers increasing pressure from Western sanctions intended to isolate it financially.

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• 13 March

  The US Must Grow Up And Respect Iranian Independence

  One of the lessons from our recent visit to Iran as a Peace Delegation is that Iran is a mature country. It is 2,500 years old, ten times as old as the United States and one of the world’s oldest continuous major civilizations with settlements dating back to 7,000 BC. …

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• 13 March

  Is a War With Iran on the Horizon?

  The Trump Administration Is Reckless Enough to Turn the Cold War With Iran Into a Hot One Here’s the foreign policy question of questions in 2019: Are President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, all severely weakened at home and with few …

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• 12 March

  Senior Iranian official: foreign Shiite militias to fight in Iran if Islamic Republic in danger

  On March 6, Hojjat ol-Eslam Musa Qazanfar-Abadi, the head of the Tehran Islamic Revolution Courts, said the Islamic Republic would deploy non-Iranian Shiite militias in Iran if the system faces danger of downfall.

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• 12 March

  Lebanon’s president says Hezbollah part of Lebanese people

  Michel Aoun tells visiting UK foreign minister that organization, considered a terror group by Britain, is represented in the cabinet and parliament.

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• 12 March

  Iraq leader says Islamic State foreign fighters may face death penalty

  Iraqi President Barham Salih said foreign Islamic State fighters tried in Iraq could be handed death sentences, according to an interview published by Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National on Friday.

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• 11 March

  Life after ISIS: Hellish public execution square in Raqqa returns to former glory

  Once known as the Islamic State “public square from hell,” with regular executions, crucifixions, and lashings, Raqqa’s old Paradise Square is returning to its former glory, two years after its liberation.

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• 11 March

  The real Energy Return of Crude Oil: smaller than you would have imagined

  A simple but important study by Luciano Celi shows what is the real energy return that oil companies manage to attain. Much smaller than you would have believed, in several cases it is today well below 10. Which means that renewable energies already produce a larger EROI than oil and …

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