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Arab News
April 21, 2018
Saudi oil production turned 80 years old on March 4, as the day when California Arabian Standard Oil Co., CASOC, struck oil from its seventh drilled well at the Dammam field. Well No. 7 at Dammam field, named “Prosperity Well,” became a symbol of success and human determination, as commercialÃâà...
Reading Eagle
April 20, 2018
... children in Afghanistan ("Third Eye") and the war in Iraq ("The Same Moon"). In that sense, then, "Vortex Street" (which took seven years to write) is a kind of turning point for Thomas, who began composing poetry as a means toward understanding a life complicated by familial and personal relationships.
The New Yorker
April 14, 2018
I went to a gate on the side of the Republican Palace, in the Green Zone, where an American soldier was receiving, one by one, a long line of Iraqis who came with questions and complaints. I remember .... But it seems likely that, when we look back on this week, we will see it as a turning point. We are nowÃâà...
gulfnews.com
April 13, 2018
This is a crucial, yet another potentially explosive turning point. Iraqis are preparing to go to the polls May 12, around the same time the US looks to finalise a move of its embassy from Tel Aviv to (Occupied) Jerusalem and possibly terminate its nuclear agreement with Iran. During our interview, Abadi saidÃâà...
gulfnews.com
April 7, 2018
Beating back Daesh has been hailed as a major turning point for Iraqi forces that retreated in disarray when the extremists first struck in 2014. The brutal fight was the latest — and most vicious — testing ground for capabilities honed in the 15 years of chaos since the ouster of Saddam. For former GeneralÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
April 6, 2018
The United States should not leave tens of thousands of troops in Iraq and Syria. But a modest force of several thousand focused mainly on training, combined with a meaningful reconstruction and stabilization program, could make a difference. The U.S. military can resource and sustain such a mission withÃâà...
Foreign Affairs
April 5, 2018
On May 12, Iraqis will head to the polls for parliamentary elections. These elections are coming at a pivotal moment. Since the Iraqi military announced the defeat of the Islamic State (or ISIS) in December 2017, millions of refugees and displaced people have returned to their homes. In Mosul, students areÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 2, 2018
Since it claimed moral superiority throughout the war - as the defender of freedom against fascist aggression - it had also become the world's first "moral" superpower at this turning point in history. It took over the responsibility of policing the world but did not allow this new role to hinder its hawkish struggleÃâà...
Daily Sabah
March 6, 2018
Lebanese TV channel Al Mayadeen claimed that Soleimani's visit to Moscow convinced Putin to send Russian fighter jets to Syria, which was a major turning point for the future of Syria. The architect of this new stage of the war could have been either Putin or Bashar Assad, but the shadowy architect wasÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 6, 2018
If it were up to them Iran would be leveled like Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, and Syria today. ... and continue to intimidate principled and conscientious citizens into silence, the publication of this magnificent statement and video is a turning point in proving solid solidarity with the Palestinian cause.
Military Times
March 6, 2018
As Bing West, a Marine combat veteran and former assistant secretary of defense wrote, when comparing Hue and the battle for Mosul, Iraq, “urban .... Mark Bowden is the author of two deep studies of U.S. urban battles: “Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War” and “Hue 1968: A Turning Point of theÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 3, 2018
Dressed in a traditional white Gulf headdress and with two red crosses embroidered on his black clerical robe, Kuwait's first homegrown priest cuts a unique figure in the predominantly Muslim country. In an interview with the AFP news agency in advance of the 20th anniversary of his ordination, he stressedÃâà...
Financial Tribune
February 25, 2018
An Iranian lawmaker said the upcoming parliamentary elections in Iraq could be a turning point toward more stability and prosperity for a nation still trying to get rid of the remnants of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group. Fatemeh Zolqadr told ICANA in a recent talk that "the parliamentary elections,Ãâà...
Arab News
February 15, 2018
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attends an international conference for reconstruction of Iraq, in Kuwait City, on Wednesday. (AFP) ... The apparently generous support in the form of investment loans and guarantees marks a significant turning point for relations between the two countries.
Kuwait News Agency
February 11, 2018
BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (KUNA) -- EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini on Monday has expressed her thanks to His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for inviting her to representÃâà...
Augusta Free Press
December 31, 1999
Participants collaboratively constructed a 100-year timeline of Iraq, leading to an illuminating dialogue on underlying issues, patterns and turning points in their shared history. They also jointly analyzed current conflict 'drivers' and the political economy system in Iraq. A final day highlighted the psychosocialÃâà...
Boulder Daily Camera
December 31, 1999
Coulter is scheduled to appear at 7 p.m. March 21 in Chem 140, according to a Facebook post by conservative group Turning Point USA. The event is free, and tickets will be distributed next week on a first-come, first-serve basis. Coulter also appeared at CU in 2003, and spoke about the Iraq War before aÃâà...
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