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

Romney's Pilgrimage

[caption id="attachment_55233281" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Mitt Romney will visit Israel as part of an overseas tour to boost his international pedigree[/caption]Mitt Romney’s parachute drop…

Stephen Glain

The Power of Self-Reflection

[caption id="attachment_55233251" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iraqi policeman stands guard at a checkpoint in central Baghdad [/caption]There was a bitter blend of irony and déjà vu about how…

Stephen Glain

A Man on a Mission

[caption id="attachment_55233217" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Secretary General of the NTC, Othman Bin Sassi, stands in what will be the new and temporary location of Libya's General National…

Jacqueline Shoen

The Fall of Beit Assad

[caption id="attachment_55233161" align="aligncenter" width="539"] Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad waves as she stands under a portrait of her husband Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (R) and his…

Stephen Glain

Descent into Chaos

[caption id="attachment_55233151" align="alignnone" width="548"] Rebels calling the assault on the capital 'Operation Damascus Volcano'[/caption] As the international community’s efforts to resolve…

Andrew Bowen

Shared Values

[caption id="attachment_55233129" align="alignnone" width="555"] Donald Rumsfeld greets Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi in 2002[/caption] The lynchpin of America’s military empire is its…

Stephen Glain

Libya’s Wild Card

When Mr. Mohammed Al-Sowan, head of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Justice and Development party, told me with surprising confidence last week that Libya’s Islamist parties would emerge with a majority…

Jacqueline Shoen

For Every Action

[caption id="attachment_55233113" align="alignnone" width="620"] Hillary Clinton meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem [/caption] About the only principal of physics I remember from…

Stephen Glain

Reading Putin

[caption id="attachment_55233050" align="alignnone" width="620"] Vladimir Putin[/caption] On Monday during the Syrian National Council’s visit to Moscow, Vladimir Putin’s remarks to the diplomatic…

Andrew Bowen

Libya-in-Waiting

[caption id="attachment_55233017" align="alignright" width="620"] Libyan national electoral commission workers watch as the election results come out[/caption] Election Day in Tripoli was…

Jacqueline Shoen