Tag: Iraq
LDESP Middle East News Update – October 2014
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – October 2014 The focus of the October 2014 LDESP Middle East News Update is on the growing rifts within Iran’s leadership and government between the hardliners and the relatively moderate, as well as news headlines from the region including Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Egypt. What’s inside: In Review:… Read More ›
InReview: Destroying the Islamic State
On 10 September, President Obama delivered a speech generally outlining the administration’s 4-part strategy “to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL (also known as the Islamic State or ISIS), including a campaign of airstrikes, increasing support to Iraqi, Kurdish, and Syrian opposition forces, preventing IS attacks through counterterrorism capabilities, and finally,… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – September 2014
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – September 2014 The focus of the September 2014 LDESP Middle East News Update is on the discourse and discussion surrounding President Obama’s recently announced strategy to degrade and defeat the Islamic State. What’s inside: In Review: Destroying the Islamic State Transcript: President Obama’s Speech Outlining Strategy to Defeat Islamic… Read More ›
InReview – A Changing Middle East
Even for a region as consistently unstable as the Middle East, the past couple of months have provided a ceaseless barrage of Murphy’s Law: everything that could go wrong, has. From the escalating conflict between Israel and Palestine to the growing influence and territory of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – July 2014
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – July 2014 The focus of the July 2014 LDESP Middle East News Update is on a “changing Middle East,” with the region’s recent volatility and turmoil. What’s inside: In Review: A Changing Middle East “The Persistent Threat: The Evolution of al Qa’ida and Other Salafi Jihadists,” RAND Corporation… Read More ›
InReview: Iraq’s Continued Conflict
From the May 2014 LDESP Middle East News Update. News from Iraq has ebbed considerably since the U.S. pulled out of the country in late 2011. Nonetheless, at times it seems that the civil strife gets continuously worst. Among the daily tempo of car bombings and attacks on Shia-populated areas, there was a glimmer of… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – September 2013
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – September 2013 The focus of the 20 September 2013 edition of the LDESP Middle East News Update includes articles and analysis on developments between Iran, Syria and the U.S., as well as on Egypt and Iraq. Please click here to view the document. What’s inside: In Review: The Middle… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – April 2013
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE: 15 March – 12 April 2013 The focus of the 12 April 2013 edition of the LDESP Middle East News Update includes articles, reports and analysis regarding Syria, including the recent merger between Al Qaeda in Iraq and Syria’s Jabhat al Nusra. The update also includes news and analysis regarding other… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – December 2012
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE: 21 December 2012 Note: The bimonthly LDESP Iraq News Update has transitioned to the monthly LDESP News Update From the Middle East. The Middle East update will include news coverage from Iran to Egypt. As with all LDESP news briefs, the information contained within the Middle East News update is… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – October 2012
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE: 19 October 2012 Note: The bimonthly LDESP Iraq News Update has transitioned to the monthly LDESP News Update From the Middle East. The Middle East update will include news coverage from Iran to Egypt. As with all LDESP news briefs, the information contained within the Middle East News update is… Read More ›
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