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When friends become enemies: Will Qatar become Saddam Hussein’s Iraq?
"What is happening today with Qatar is a parabola already seen. Al-Thani is not Saddam Hussein and Qatar is not...
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Interview with Mrs Lejla Čamdžić Researcher at OCCRP
"OCCRP’s goal is to help the people of the world understand how organized crime and corruption resides in their countries...
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Saddam Hussein is still alive in Mosul
"If the situation in Mosul doesn't change there will be another group with a different name and leaderships who may...
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The Islamic State conflict: Why the Caliphate will survive in Iraq
"Without long-term political resolutions, it inevitably becomes difficult to crush IS’s insurgency because of the pragmatic politics of IS which...
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IRobot: Advanced Warfare in the Levant
"The supposedly "barbaric" and "medieval" jihādists and insurgents rejecting Western democracy were converting counter-IED robots into IEDs and continuously innovating...
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Dear Readers, Osservatorio Mashrek has decided to expand and bet in this project to provide a more accurate and detailed information...
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Erdogan: Mosul offensive will commence October 19
“The agreement which is signed between the Peshmerga and Arabs for the offensive is very important” Erdogan said in a...
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Are conflicts in Syria, Iraq becoming the experimental enviroment of next generation war?
“It is evident by these cases that terrorists and insurgents are increasingly turning to teleoperated weaponry to support and augment...
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Secret plot to kill Saudi Ambassador to Iraq: Covert Iranian war or Saudi Arabia propaganda?
"Ahemd Jamal, spokesman for the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, said such claims were fabricated only meant to damage the relations between...
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The Iraqi Civil War: What will happen after the battle of Mosul?
"The problem is not in liberation of Mosul, it is what happens after ISIS. This is a very important point....
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UAE, Egypt, and Dahlan behind the failed coup in Turkey?
"Ankara believes United Arab Emirates and Egypt, two of worst enemies of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab world, were...
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Mosul Plan: Carter Offers Details on USA Deployment
Defense Secretary Ash Carter and one of his senior commanders offered some details about the role of the 560 additional...
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Siraq: dall’assedio di Aleppo al flop Ramadi
"Strettamente interconnessi tra loro, gli esiti del conflitto siriano influenzano pesantemente gli equilibri del teatro iracheno. Il rischio è quello...
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Siria: la guerra dei robot
"Recentemente, il capo del personale generale delle forze armate russe, generale Valery Gerasimov, ha dichiarato come la Russia stia cercando...
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Siria: Qassem Soleimani è morto?
"Ad emergere è la prima testimonianza diretta di chi avrebbe personalmente colpito il Comandante dei pasdaran iraniani. A riferire la...
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Libia: lo Stato Islamico è una minaccia?
In Libia lo Stato Islamico è solo un giocatore tra le numerose fazioni in guerra e si trova di fronte...
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La vignetta della settimana
La vignetta della settimana
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SIRIA - Ayman al-Zawairi, leader di al-Qaeda, ha lanciato ieri un appello ai propri seguaci per raggiungere una maggiore compattezza...
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(2001-2015) Come si è privatizzata la guerra
"Oggi l’industria PMSC comprende centinaia di imprese che operano in più di 50 Paesi in tutto il mondo, dove lavorano...
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Abu Azrael: il Rambo iracheno contro lo Stato Islamico
"Nei video su Youtube che lo ritraggono Abu Azrael brandisce alternativamente un'ascia, una spada, una mitragliatrice, mentre combatte in prima...
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