Interesting article on the irony of Saudi Arabia participating in anti-ISIS military operations. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-22/saudis-at-war-with-islamic-state-confront-echo-of-kingdom-s-past.html
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Gender and the IS Crisis: The Strange, Complex Story of Women and ISIS Militants -AltNet
“Amid the rumors and lurid headlines, it’s hard to get the truth.” A brief, but thoughtful discussion of how gender issues play into the current
Who are the Kurds? -BBC
A good overview of Kurdish politics and history. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29702440
New Freedoms in Tunisia Drive Support for ISIS -New York Times
This article addresses one of the the issues raised in an earlier post which provided a statistical breakdown of the foreign fighters in Iraq and
Tunisia and Lybia, two different directions
When the governments in Tunisia and Libya fell, there was a great deal of optimism for the Arab Spring. Since then the two countries have
Obama administration downgrades signature Mideast democracy program -al Monitor
“MEPI’s demise is indicative of a broader backing off from supporting civil society and falling back into the old pattern of not antagonizing old allies.”
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