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Iraq’s Diyala Faces a New Insurgency
2018 was the safest year for Iraqis since the advent of the Islamic State (IS) in the summer of 2014, when the group seized control of the city of Mosul and threw much of the country into a state of open conflict. In spite of a brief surge of violence in the spring, …
By Trent Schoenborn
22 March 2019
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The “Ghost Soldier” Question in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan struggles with corruption, what lessons can it learn from Iraq's struggles with its own "ghost soldiers"?
By Trent Schoenborn
27 Dec 2017
A Summary of the Fighting in Kirkuk
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On the 21st of October 2016, the Islamic State (IS) launched a surprise attack on the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. One set of attackers came from outside the city limits, circumventing the front-line and checkpoints, while a second group of sleeper cells attacked from within Kirkuk.
By Sebastian Gonano
16 Nov 2017
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