How civilians are treated now will set the standard for the future. By Alvhild Strømme, Media Adviser, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Since the offensive to re-take Mosul from ISIS started one month ago, […]
Iraq
‘Defeating’ the Islamic State? Lessons from Libya
As the American election nears, each day brings fresh news of territorial losses by the Islamic State (ISIS) in the center of its Caliphate, Mosul. As the coalition of Iraqi Army soldiers, Kurdish […]
Hezbollah at a crossroads
ANALYSIS – With the Middle East in turmoil, the “Party of God” is transforming from an anti-Israel militia to a regional actor heavily invested in the Syrian civil war and resembling a conventional […]
Sectarianism in Iraq: The Shia militias fighting IS
NEWS ANALYSIS – A wide array of armed Shia groups fought side by side in the recent recapture of Fallujah and its suburbs from the Islamic State (IS). Who are they and how […]
Cutting the IS lifeline
NEWS ANALYSIS – The ongoing military offensive against the cities of Manbij, Jarablus and Raqqa is about to cut off the Islamic State’s last and most important supply line. (more…)