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A series of U.S. airstrikes targeted alleged al-Qaida positions on Thursday in a mountainous area where three Yemeni provinces meet, leaving at least four militants...
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Defense One
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon |
3.3.2017
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But those leading America’s military effort have never been more vocal about the need for development dollars and the indispensability of diplomatic efforts working in...
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VICE News
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Kathleen Caulderwood |
3.3.2017
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ISIS fighters are making their last stand in Mosul, trying to hold back Iraqi forces moving into the western half of the city....
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Reuters
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Tom Miles and John Irish |
3.3.2017
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The lead Syrian opposition negotiator at peace talks in Geneva said he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump would correct the "catastrophic" errors of his predecessor...
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Reuters
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Abdi Guled |
3.3.2017
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With frequent suicide bombings and assaults on Somalia's hotels and military targets, the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab has proved more resilient than expected, leading President...
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Gulf Business
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Leyal Khalife |
3.3.2017
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Gulf Business just released its annual list of the Top 100 Most Powerful Arabs in 2017 - and Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz...
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The U.S. has many options at its disposal, including the use of military force. However, the current balance of power in the Middle East and...
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After the fall of Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi army, and Iran’s rising influence across the Middle East, the Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia,...
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Purchased by Prince Ahmed bin Salman, member of the Royal House of Saud, she was about to become part of a racing stable that produced...
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CNBC
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Elizabeth MacBride |
3.3.2017
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Despite incredible odds, this businessman has been able to attract the support from heavyweight patrons of all faiths, including Theodore McCarrick, the archbishop emeritus of...
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The Trump Administration will find that Hezbollah has already secured a powerful position within the Lebanese state, with some undesirable repercussions....
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With three words President Trump exposed one of the biggest rifts inside his administration: the divide between the national security pragmatists and the ideologues pressing...
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Defense One
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Julia Ioffe |
3.2.2017
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With the State Department demonstratively shut out of meetings with foreign leaders, key State posts left unfilled, and the White House not soliciting many department staffers for...
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Islamic State fighters were increasingly using Mad Max-style suicide vehicles and commercial drones armed with grenades in their defense of the Iraqi town of Mosul,...
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Washington Post
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Missy Ryan and Thomas Gibbons-Neff |
3.2.2017
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The 36-year-old SEAL, who would later die of his wounds, is now at the center of a debate over the first counterterrorism operation of the...
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In the film, a character who closely resembles Gen. Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force, leads a single vessel against more than a...
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Washington Post
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Matt Zapotosky and Abigail Hauslohner |
3.2.2017
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President Trump’s new executive order on immigration will not include a blanket ban on citizens from Iraq, among a host of other revisions meant to...
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Many of the rulers in the places of turmoil seemed in a time warp. Until 2011, they had a conditional lease on power. They were...
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However, since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and particularly since the rise of the Islamic State, moderation has more specifically corresponded to the rejection of...
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Reports of Yemeni rebel mining activity are only the latest in a string of threats to international vessels transiting the narrow link between the Suez...
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Shifting to clean and renewable energy presents a very strong potential for oil-producing GCC countries to maintain global leadership in the energy sector despite the...
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Middle East Centre
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Omar Al-Ubaydli & Cameron Mirza |
3.2.2017
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According to Global Research Saudi Arabia’s consulting market expanded by 14.8 percent to $1.25 billion in 2015, accounting for almost half of the robust GCC...
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Since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in November 2002, Turkey’s relations with the Gulf Arab countries have fluctuated between varying degrees...
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Oilprice.com
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Zainab Calcuttawala |
3.2.2017
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One-third of the U.S. company’s drilling budget will be dedicated to purchasing access to shale fields that Exxon can begin profiting off of in three...
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Quartz
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Ashley Rodriguez |
3.2.2017
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Young people in the US are generally skeptical of the news they consume, so they turn to multiple news sources to make their own judgements...
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President Trump has issued his budget guidance to his agencies, and it comes down to very simple math: Subtract $54 billion from non-defense discretionary domestic...
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In a television interview, President Donald Trump appeared to blame his military leaders for a Navy SEAL's death last month during a troubled raid in Yemen,...
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The business model of Islamic State is failing, and the terror group will soon likely collapse financially, according to a detailed analysis of IS finances...
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The United States military has confirmed the killing of a top Taliban leader in a recent airstrike in Afghanistan’s troubled northern province of Kunduz....
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His speech repeated themes and promises he touted as a candidate, particularly the idea that America is being taken advantage by other countries and the...
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