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By the ISW Iraq Team Security conditions have decreased in Mosul and Salah al-Din and in the southern provinces due to revived militant attacks and election-related violence, respectively, from February 2 to 10. The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) is struggling...

Advance of Turkish Armed Forces in Northern Aleppo Province By South Front South Front US-backed militants launched a wide scale attack on the Syrian army’s positions near Khan Al Sheh in the Western Ghouta region, but failed to achieve a success...

Economist: Maliki needs the will of reconciliation more than arms Created on Thursday, 07 November / 2 November 2013 11:41 London / Baghdad / Orr News Iraq commander wants more weapons, but lacks political sense, according to analysis published ever...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces and allied tribesmen on Thursday battled to put down al-Qaida-linked gunmen who, in a coordinated surge, ran rampant in two of the country’s main Sunni cities, overrunning police stations and sweeping...

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