Militant Islamist fighters on a tank take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Stringer
Iraq And The U.S. Are Losing Ground To The Islamic State -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Jalal al-Gaood, one of the tribal leaders the United States has been cultivating in hopes of rolling back extremists in Iraq, grimly describes how his home town in Anbar province was forced this week to surrender to fighters from the Islamic State.
The extremists were moving Wednesday toward Gaood’s town of Al-Zwaiha, the stronghold of his Albu Nimr clan just east of the Euphrates River. The attacking force had roughly 200 fighters and about 30 armed trucks. Al-Zwaiha’s defenders were running out of ammunition and food and wondered whether they should make a deal with the marauding jihadists.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 24, 2014
The anti-ISIS coalition - military plans and political risks -- Ben Barry, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Syria will not get resolution while the opposition bickers -- Hassan Hassan, The National
Turkey’s New Kurdish Problem -- Mustafa Akyol, NYT
Turks, Kurds, Americans: the Kobani riddle -- Pepe Escobar, RT
Obama gives Syria’s Assad another pass on chemical weapons -- Washington Post editorial
Learning a New Afghan President’s Style -- Azam Ahmed, NYT
Adam Smith To Xi Jinping, Wealthy Nations Need Good Laws -- Wang Yong, World Crunch
Ethiopia, 30 years after the famine -- David Smith, The Guardian
The Future of China and Russia: Can a David Fracture a Goliath? -- Walter C. Clemens, Jr., The Diplomat
Special Report: Why Ukraine's revolution remains unfinished -- Richard Woods, Reuters
Can an election calm the crisis in Ukraine? -- Balázs Jarábik, The Guardian/Eurasia Outlook
Has Putin Already Won in Ukraine? Sure Looks That Way -- Carol Matlack, Bloomberg Businessweek
Russia Tones Down the Rhetoric as Its Economy Struggles -- Rob Garver, The Fiscal Times
Swedish Hunt For Russian Sub Recalls Cold War -- Christopher Harress, IBTimes
Ottawa Shooting Is Latest in Growing List of Attacks Linked to Extremism -- Shreeya Sinha, NYT
This is not supposed to happen in Canada -- Andrew Cohen, CNN
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