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Aug 22, 2014, RT.com The Obama administration’s recent decision to intervene in Iraq has seen the first US air strikes since the end of the American occupation in 2011, in response to the sweeping territorial gains made by militants belonging to the Islamic State group. Two and a half years …

Aug 18, 2014, Antiwar.com Growing reports of massive death tolls are coming out of eastern Syria, where earlier this  month, the Shueitat tribe rebelled against ISIS rule, ousting them from several villages and burning an ISIS headquarters to the ground. Over the weekend, it was reported that some 700 tribesmen …

Aug 15, 2014, Eric Draitser, RT The ousting of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is part of a broader US plan for Iraq and the Middle East as a whole. Against the backdrop of the war against the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), Washington has managed to kill two birds …

Aug 11, 2014, Counter Punch Suddenly the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has become a threat worthy of American missiles. For almost two years President Obama completely ignored the biggest and most brutal terror group in the Middle East, allowing it to balloon into a regional power. No …

Aug 8, 2014, Tony Cartalucci, Land Destroyer The US has pledged assistance for victims of and even possible “airstrikes” against terrorists who have surrounded and threaten to eradicate thousands of religious minorities in Iraq. However, the terrorists themselves are a product of US foreign policy in the Middle East and …

Jun 27, 2014, New Eastern Outlook In Syria, a campaign of violent terrorism has been going on since 2011. Over 150,000 people are estimated to have already been killed. Millions have been displaced, forced to become refugees, either within Syria, or in neighboring countries. Since beginning of this violent insurgency …

Aug, 2014, London Review of Books As the attention of the world focused on Ukraine and Gaza, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) captured a third of Syria in addition to the quarter of Iraq it had seized in June. The frontiers of the new Caliphate declared by …

Aug 5, 2014, Whatsupic According to reports, the army seized a cache of weapons, including Israeli-made LAV missiles, during an operation near Tikrit. Reports say that the army found the hideout with the help of people and their reports and seized large quantities of homemade bombs, RPG rockets, mortars, roadside …

Aug 1, 2014, Strategic Culture Foundation The first part of this article discussed the targeting of Christian Syrians and Iraqis. It detailed how their ancient communities, churches, and clerics have all come under fire and persecution by the US-supported insurgents that are ravaging both Syria and Iraq. The second part …

Jul 30, 2014, Strategic Culture Foundation Historically, the Levant is the birthplace of Christianity and the oldest Christian communities have lived in it and the entire Fertile Crescent since the start of Christian history. Early Christians called themselves followers or people of «the Way» before they adopted the term Christian; …