IS planning to step up attacks in Iraq's 'fragile regions'

Attacks have already increased sharply, mostly confined to the territory separating the Kurdistan Region from the rest of Iraq, following the US withdrawal in late September

Rustum Mahmud

Déjà Vu in Cairo

[caption id="attachment_55238795" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Egyptian Salafists shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the implementation of the Shari'a (Islamic law) in Cairo’s Tahrir…

Mehdi Khalaji

Iranian Argo, Coming Soon

[caption id="attachment_55238763" align="alignnone" width="620"] Affleck's Iran hostage drama “Argo” won the coveted Best Picture Oscar late Sunday. Source: ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ/AFP/Getty Images[…

Mohammad Abdi

An Enduring Stalemate

[caption id="attachment_55238750" align="aligncenter" width="620"] World powers and Iran's representatives sit at a table during talks on Iran's nuclear programme in the Kazakh city of Almaty on…

Alex Edwards

Washington’s Amnesia

[caption id="attachment_55238664" align="alignnone" width="620"] A young Syrian protester holds a sign calling for a no-fly zone during a demonstration in support of the Free Syrian Army near the…

Caryle Murphy

A Kurdish Mold for the Tuareg

[caption id="attachment_55238607" align="alignnone" width="620"] Malian Tuareg soldiers patrol in the streets of Gao on February 3. Source: 2013SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images[/caption]Recently, the…

Miguel Nunes Silva

Strings Attached

[caption id="attachment_55238430" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Palestinians hold placards bearing anti- US and USAID slogans during a protest against US policies in the West Bank city of Ramallah…

Stephen Glain

Accountability in Syria

[caption id="attachment_55238461" align="alignnone" width="620"] UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay speaks on September 17, 2012 before a session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. …

James Denselow

Three's A Crowd

[caption id="attachment_55238420" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani (L) and Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu shake hands on his arrival in…

Barçin Yinanç

Homemade in Lattakia

[caption id="attachment_55238351" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian fighters from Lattakia entering Turkey. Source: Tam Hussein[/caption] The mountains Jebel Akrad (Mount of the Kurds) and Jebel…

Tam Hussein

Old Wine in a New Bottle

[caption id="attachment_55238334" align="aligncenter" width="620"] US Secretary of State John Kerry. Source: US State Department[/caption]President Obama kicked off his second term in office with an…

Andrew Bowen