How Jimmy Carter transformed America’s relationship with the Middle East
One of the world’s most complex regions hosted the humble Southerner’s biggest triumph and most stinging defeat, as seen on ...
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Post-Assad, think small
Iraq, an entity including Sunni and Shia Arabs ... Which is why, as the dust settles from the haboob sweeping the Levant, we have an opportunity to put an end to imperialism in the region ...
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Haboob Rolling Through Sun City, Arizona
Occurred on October 2, 2022 / Sun City, Arizona, USA Info from Licensor: The haboob was heading West on Bell Road at approximately 99th Ave. Sun City, Arizona, USA US Satellites Find Chinese ...
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National Guard soldier dies from noncombat injury in Iraq
A U.S. soldier has died in Iraq from noncombat injuries, according to the Defense Department. Capt. Eric Richard Hart, 34, of Indianapolis, died Saturday, the Pentagon said. Hart was supporting ...
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Pope Francis reveals he was nearly assassinated during historic Iraq trip
The first-ever Iraq visit by a pope could've ended disastrously, but a foiled assassination plot has enabled Pope Francis to write about the event in retrospect. "Almost everyone advised me ...
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Blinken Discusses Syria’s Future on Unannounced Visit to Iraq
new video loaded: Blinken Discusses Syria’s Future on Unannounced Visit to Iraq transcript We spent time talking about, understandably, the situation in Syria and the conviction of so many ...
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Blinken makes unannounced trip to Iraq as international community grapples with Syrian regime collapse
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq Friday to meet with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as the international community grapples with the implications of ...
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Blinken meets Iraq PM to discuss Syria future, fight against ISIL
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met Iraq Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani for talks on the future of neighbouring Syria during an unannounced visit to Baghdad.
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Pope Francis dodged 2 assassination attempts during 2021 Iraq trip, autobiography reveals
Security forces thwarted a pair of assassination attempts against Pope Francis — including a suicide bomber — during his March 2021 visit to Iraq, the pontiff shared in his new memoir.
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Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
It was 2007 and the insurgency against US troops was raging next door in Iraq. Toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, a fellow secular Baathist like Assad, had been executed just six months earlier.
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The Wrong Lessons From the Iraq War
So he said in an October podcast with Joe Rogan, adding that the Iraq war was America’s “biggest world-historical catastrophe.” This came after insights into issues as diverse as climate and ...