ISIL may be losing on the battlefield. But it’s winning elsewhere.
The terrorist group aims to shrink the “grayzone”: the plane of coexistence between Muslims in the West and their non-Muslim countrymen.
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‘Saving Iraq’: The chains of liberation
The dangerous assumption that Iraqis are unable to govern themselves must be challenged.
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Podcast: Israel/Palestine’s one-state solution
In our seventh episode, Middle East Weekly looks at the prospects of a one-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, the
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Aleppo and Mosul: What’s next?
JMEPP speaks with Gregory Aftandilian on the devastating battles for Aleppo and Mosul -and what’s next for Syria and Iraq.
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Inside the propaganda war for Mosul
A propaganda war between the Iraqi government and ISIL is raging alongside the military campaign to retake Mosul.
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Middle East Weekly Roundup: Lebanon’s new leader, Egypt’s currency crash, the battle for Mosul
Egypt The Egyptian pound lost nearly half its value as the Egyptian government decided to let the currency float. The
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Middle East Weekly Roundup: Syrian rebel offensive, outrage in Morocco, missile near Mecca
Algeria Saudi Arabia and Qatar asked Algeria to join in its fight against the Houthi rebel group in Yemen. Several
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