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Expert Views: After ISIS, Who Controls Syria’s Natural Resources?
AT THE HEIGHT of its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria, the so-called Islamic State was making millions of dollars every day from harvesting the output of seized oil a...
By Nicholas Heras
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Duterte May Stand Accused Of Extralegal Killings, But Trump Will Meet With Him Anyway
WASHINGTON – Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has been accused of ordering the killings of thousands of his citizens in his “war on drugs.” He has told human rights activ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The U.S. is on a collision course with Iran in the Middle East
President Trump’s assertive new strategy toward Iran is already colliding with the reality of Tehran’s vastly expanded influence in the Middle East as a result of the Islamic ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Iraqi forces clash with Kurdish troops near strategic border with Syria
Iraqi forces backed by Iranian-allied militias began an assault Thursday to reclaim more Kurdish-held territory in Iraq, advancing toward a crossing in the country’s western b...
By Nicholas Heras
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Israel willing to resort to military action to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons: minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - Israel is willing to resort to military action to ensure Iran never acquires nuclear weapons, the intelligence minister said on Thursday in Japan where he is...
By Peter Harrell
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ISIS may be dispersed, not destroyed
In November 2001, the Taliban abandoned Kabul without a fight, and a month later the U.S. triumphantly installed Hamid Karzai as the new Afghan president. But in reality, the ...
By Nicholas Heras
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US Secretary of State to tour Saudi Arabia and Qatar
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will arrive in Saudi Arabia on Friday for a visit that will highlight improved relations between Riyadh and Baghdad and elements of Donald ...
By Nicholas Heras
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After Raqqa, the U.S. sees Russia, Assad looming over remaining Syrian battlefield
Rapid advances by Russian- and Iranian-backed government forces in eastern Syria are thwarting the U.S. military’s hopes of pressing deeper into Islamic State territory after ...
By Nicholas Heras
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No Plans to Withdraw U.S. Troops Even After ISIS Defeat
Islamic State militants have lost almost their entire so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria, but that doesn’t mean the United States will be withdrawing thousands of troops se...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump’s Iran strategy: a bluster or long-term plan?
US president Donald Trump’s speech announcing a new US policy to counter the “fanatical regime” of Iran and its “sinister vision for the future” was not only short on detail b...
By Nicholas Heras
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The defeat of ISIS in Raqqa tests U.S. commitment to Syrian Kurds
BEIRUT — U.S.-backed forces in Syria claimed Tuesday that they had full control of the Islamic State’s onetime capital of Raqqa, heralding an end to the militants’ presence in...
By Nicholas Heras
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Defeat of Islamic State in Raqqa may herald wider struggle for U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The defeat of Islamic State in its de facto capital Raqqa may only be the start of a wider struggle by the United States to contain any insurgency launc...
By Nicholas Heras
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Iraqi Forces Clash With Kurdish Fighters Near Kirkuk
Iraqi forces clashed with fighters from the Kurdish semiautonomous region in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk early Monday, Iraqi and Kurdish officials said, in a standoff over...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump Admin. Makes Gains on ISIS, but Lack of Syria Policy Raises Concern
WASHINGTON —The Trump administration’s efforts to recapture the ISIS-held Syrian city of Raqqa, the group’s de-facto capital, are making enough headway that the operation coul...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump de-certifies Iran nuclear deal, announces more sanctions against Iran
WASHINGTON — President Trump unveiled a sweeping and aggressive new policy toward Iran on Friday, saying he will not re-certify the nuclear deal signed in 2015 and calling for...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Press Note
Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
CNAS Press Note: President Trump’s Plan Not to Certify Iranian Compliance with JCPOAWashington, October 11 – With President Trump slated to give a speech in which he is expected to say he will not certify Iran’s compliance with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Pl...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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How the U.S. Lost the War in Syria to Russia and Iran
When the U.S. and its allies finally began their offensive to defeat the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor in August 2017, the S...
By Nicholas Heras
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In picking fight with Sen. Bob Corker, Trump risks agenda
After another public spat with President Donald Trump, Republican Sen. Bob Corker has made it clear: he intends to spend his last months in the US Senate unleashed. That could...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump’s feud with Corker is bad news for his Iran deal plans
If President Trump hopes to step up pressure on Iran, he didn't do his cause much of a favor this weekend by picking a fight with Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.). Trump’s ire was ap...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump’s confusing attempt to torpedo the Iran deal, explained
President Donald Trump is expected to announce next week that he will “decertify” the Iran nuclear deal, arguing that the agreement is not in the national security interest of...
By Ilan Goldenberg
