List of Islamic State articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Top Pentagon Intel Officer: Iraq ‘May Not Come Back as an Intact State’
The DIA director also warned that Washington may have to choose between the Kurds and Turkey.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Striking Pipeline, Kurdish Militants Deal Blow to Fellow Kurds
The PKK’s attacks on energy infrastructure in Turkey aren’t just directed at their longtime enemy in Ankara — they're also aimed at Iraqi Kurds they see as sellouts.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Defending Religion From Itself
The biggest threat to religious freedom is religious extremism. The world must recognize this — and act.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turkey’s Two-Faced Deal
The new agreement between Ankara and Washington is just a smokescreen for the latest campaign against the Kurds.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s All About the Base
Turkey’s deal to allow the United States to fly missions out of Incirlik should be the beginning of greater engagement and support from NATO.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What’s Behind Turkey’s U-Turn on the Islamic State?
Hint: It’s more about Washington and the Kurds than it is about Syria’s dangerous Islamists.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is the Rise of ISIS Really Such a Mystery?
A fascinating new article struggles to comprehend the group's rise to power.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Destroying Homes for Kurdistan
Diplomats and human rights workers claim that America’s closest ally in Iraq is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing designed to push Arabs out of the future Kurdish state.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will Curbing Iran’s Nuclear Threat Boost Its Proxies?
Tehran's allies in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen could reap the benefits of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What I learned about destroying ISIS — from being kidnapped by its predecessors
Much of the discussion about the Islamic State (IS) and how to defeat it is a search for answers to the wrong questions. We need to start asking the right questions before we can find a long-term strategy that has a chance of success.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Are the Shootings in Chattanooga Terrorism?
What Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez did in Chattanooga is horrible. But is it terrorism?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Islamic State Sinai Affiliate Claims to Have Hit Egyptian Ship With Missile
It's the latest escalation in a brutal fight between the Egyptian government and Islamist militants.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Updated: Stallone Will Not Take on the Islamic State in New Movie
Iraqi armed forces, even with extensive support from Iran and the United States, have mostly failed to achieve meaningful victories against the Islamic State. But what armies have failed to accomplish, one man is set to achieve on the big screen.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Morocco Is Running Out of Time
Unemployment and stagnation are fueling extremism — and the king's gradual reforms aren't cutting it.
