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The sudden, successful attack by the Islamic State Of Iraq and Syria (ISIS caught many states off-guard.  While international attention has been diverted by the situation in the Ukraine, and to a lesser extent by the internal conflict in Syria, the wealthy...

The results of presidential elections in Syria are, according to many sober-minded politicians, impossible to ignore; and for those who seek a political settlement, they will inevitably have to, sooner or later, recognize their results. The massive participation in the election by...

Throughout the 14^th and 15^th of June there was very conflicting information coming out of Iraq and neighboring countries about how ISIS forces were moving toward Baghdad and how exactly the al-Maliki government could organize the defense of the capital and a counter-offensive...