As Canada prepares to send combat aircraft to Iraq, a little history on the British use of air-power in the country during the 1920s. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29441383
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US, Iran woo rival Kurdish factions in battle against IS -al Monitor
Interesting and fairly detailed discussion of how Iran has been supporting one part of the Kurdish ruling coalition (the PUK) while the US has supported
Iran has mixed feelings about cooperating with US against IS -Al Monitor
Interesting piece on Iran’s strategic calculations. From Tehran’s perspective, they cooperated with the US during regional crises in the past (Kuwait & Afghanistan), only to
Iran nuclear negotiations go into extra time -BBC
The brinksmanship continues… http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29220200
Iran leader’s surgery: What the media coverage reveals -BBC
The analysis of Iranian factional politics has often been compared to old-school ‘Kremlinology” which focused on the ‘Who’s Who’ of the Soviet Union. Western analysts
Congenial new Iraq leader wins allies, but no easy path to save nation -Reuters
Interesting article on the challenges faced by Iraq’s new Prime Minister, Haidar al-Abadi. He has a big square to circle. “He has to make Maliki
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