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Middle East – North Africa News Brief: Regional Low Intensity Conflicts

March 19, 2017

| [BAHRAIN]: Continuous calls for protests rang throughout the week. The protests continued with near daily pro-Shiite protests. The majority are carried

Assault on al Raqqa commences, but cooperation between coalitions is critical

March 15, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·RUSSIA

al Raqqa, Syria – With US Marines arriving to provide artillery, intelligence, and additional air support, all the pieces are in place.

Reports raise concerns of increased Russian influence in Libya, region

March 15, 2017

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·RUSSIA

Over the weekend regional strongman and Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar launched attacks on the city of al Sidra, the country’s largest oil

Middle East – North Africa News Brief: Regional Low Intensity Conflicts

March 12, 2017

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire

| [EGYPT]: Low levels of militant violence continue to surge throughout Egypt. Since the Giza shootout on March 2nd there have been

Mosul: The Longest, Hardest Slog

March 7, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS

The fight for Mosul did not have to be this difficult. In the film Gettysburg, there is a scene where Confederate Maj.

Insider agent helped kill al Qaeda’s number 2 man, instrumental in 9/11 attacks

March 3, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY

A spray painted sedan by an insider agent marked the kill for al Qaeda’s number two man, Abu al-Masri, instrumental in the

Syrian Army recaptures Palmyra from ISIS

March 2, 2017

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire

The Syrian Army has retaken Palmyra from ISIS, advancing into the city after ISIS forces withdrew on Thursday. ISIS’s military situation continues to

Iraqi Army captures last road out of Mosul

March 2, 2017

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire

The U.S.-backed Iraqi Army has taken control of the last major road out of Western Mosul, trapping ISIS in the city. The

Former CIA officer will not be extradited to Italy for kidnapping

March 2, 2017

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire·Politics

Former CIA officer Sabrina de Sousa will not be extradited from Portugal to Italy for her conviction in the kidnapping case of Egyptian Cleric

Image Feyisa Lilesa, Ethiopian Olympic Silver Medalist

Ethiopia’s Oromo Revolution echoes around the globe

February 28, 2017

AFRICA·Headlines·MENA·WORLD NEWS

| “If I go back to Ethiopia, maybe they will kill me. If I am not killed, maybe they will put me

Palestinian leaders establish new political organization to support PLO

February 28, 2017

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire

In the wake of President Trump’s abandonment of the Israel-Palestine two-state solution at a joint press conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu two weeks

Blame spreads after released Guantanamo detainee bombs Iraq military base

February 23, 2017

AFRICA·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST

After the Islamic State identified the suicide bomber that attacked an Iraqi military base outside of Mosul on Monday as a former

Iran finds extensive shale oil reserves

February 23, 2017

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire

The state-run National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) found 2 billion barrels of light crude shale oil reserves in the Khali Koh region

FROM THE FRONTLINES – The Mosul Offensive: Operation Western Bank Liberation

February 20, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire

Below the Iraqi Air Force Mi-35M1 Hind attack helicopter, the khaki colored landscape becomes a sun bleached patchwork of brown, black, and

Syria: Russian Air Force pounds Deraa

February 18, 2017

MENA·News·News Wire

Russian air strikes on Syrian opposition positions in Deraa are into a fourth day. Syrian opposition groups are preventing Syrian government affiliated troops