Without US military presence, the vice currently around the neck of IS in northeastern Syria would be loosened considerably, if not removed altogether.
While some say a US presence in Iraq is vital to stability and point to continuing gaps in Iraqi security force capabilities, others say the time for any foreign military presence has passed
There is widespread concern that the US has ultimately gotten what it needs from the SDF following the defeat of IS and will, therefore, prioritise its alliance with Turkey — a Nato member.
When Westerners arrived in the caliphate, they would burn their passports, ceremonially rejecting their national identity, and brag of the act on Twitter. Now that theIslamic State, orISIS, has…
While images of child soldiers bearing weapons and carrying out armed operations for militias can be shocking to the public eye, it is not a new phenomenon. In fact, the use of child soldiers can be…
A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?
As the FIFA World Cup 2026 shows, identity, belonging, and tension combine to make football fandom unlike any other sport. So, what is going on in fans' brains?
Beijing's duty-free access for African exports promises mutual economic gains, but more importantly, it deepens its strategic influence across the continent