Erika Solomon
Friday, June 24, 2016 - 06:15
Beneath the US-led international coalition’s efforts to restructure, retrain and arm Iraq’s hollowed out military, some of the flaws that brought the army to its knees two years ago remain. Corruption is rife, logistical support is weak and a dearth of skills needed to secure territory could imperil the forces Baghdad and Washington have rushed to resuscitate.
Sunday, February 16, 2014 - 21:59
"Get the fighters out of Syria, let the Syrians reconcile," the leader of the Iranian-backed movement said. "Of course if that happened, we would not remain in Syria either."
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 11:21
Lebanon's prime minister-designate threatened to form a new government without Hezbollah soon unless the powerful group's allies agree to his proposed cabinet, a senior political source said on Friday.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 08:49
The NCB, which is based in Damascus and tolerated by Assad, is viewed with suspicion by many groups in the National Coalition, who see it as a front for Assad.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 09:15
The commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said on Tuesday his group would not join a planned peace conference in Switzerland in January and would pursue its fight to topple President Bashar al-Assad regardless.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 08:46
Kurdish militias seized another seven villages in northeastern Syria, activists said on Wednesday, a day after the fighters' political wing announced an interim administration that aims to carve out an autonomous Syrian Kurdish region.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 09:11
The signatories range from hardliners such as the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham battalions to more moderate Islamist groups such as the Tawheed Brigade and Islam Brigade.
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 07:04
Nearly two years after Tunisians came together to remove the long-standing autocratic president, the country is facing its worst political crisis since that uprising set off a wave of protests across the region.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 14:02
Gunmen killed at least eight Tunisian soldiers on Monday, staging the biggest attack on the security forces in decades as political tensions rose between supporters and opponents of the Islamist-led government.
Friday, July 26, 2013 - 08:26
Kurdish fighters have seized control of a Syrian town on the border with Turkey and are battling Islamist rebel groups linked to al Qaeda for control of oilfields in the northeast of the country.