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With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends
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Iran's access to frozen assets and assistance to allies in the Middle East following the nuclear agreement of July 2015
07/16/2015
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With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
Trump Disavows Nuclear Deal, but Doesn’t Scrap It
The New York Times 10/13/2017
Spillover effects for Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. from the civil war in Syria- Sept-Nov. 2012 and by 2014
05/21/2011
The Syrian civil war is spilling over into Iraq. Iraq is unable to protect its airspace from being used by Iran to ship supplies to the Assad regime, or to prevent Turkey's warplanes from using Iraqi airspace to attack Kurdish separatists. There is also a danger of a Sunni-Shiite conflict being exacerabated by former Sunni insurgents in Iraq joining up with Sunni refugees from Syria. The Maliki government in Iraq is moving closer to Iran as the Syrian civil war escalates and brings Sunnis together against the Assad regime. Turkey is also seeing the effects of a flow of refugees on its border with Syria. The Obama administration has been slow to respond to the rapidly developing situation as it concentrates on a complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq with the lack of agreement on a residual U.S. troop presence. This leaves the U.S. less than the minimum leverage that is needed just as the sectarian divisions are worsening, after years of investing resources in the region. With the EU countries focussed on economic problems, and the Obama administration's lack of active support for the Free Syria movement, the broader involvement of Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Russia in the region, the situation is likely to lead to an international crisis without U.S. leadership.
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New York Times 04/22/2013
Clashes Carry Worries of a New Civil War
New York Times 04/28/2013
âBeyond War,â by David Rohde
New York Times 05/03/2013
Pentagon Plans for the Worst in Syria
Wall Street Journal 05/07/2013
What if the U.S. doesn’t intervene in Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
Why did Mr. Obama overrule his advisers on Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
Iraq splintering into three regions in 2015- Sunni, Shiite and Kurd
03/26/2015
The situation on the ground with the intolerance of the previous Maliki government in Baghdad, the rise of Islamic State, and the Kurdish state in the north, have created conditions on the ground that are leading ordinary Sunnis and Shiites in the 2.5 million plus refugees to see the division of the country between Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish as permanent partition of the country. Beyond the partition is the wider sectarian conflict between Shiites and Sunnis that the conflict in Syria-Iraq has created, and its spread to other parts of the Middle East including Yemen., drawing a coalition of Arab states led by the Saudis and Turkey opposing Shiite Iran.
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Iraq Inches Toward 3-Way Split
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2015
Who’s Willing to Fight for Iraq?
New York Times 06/01/2015
With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
America’s Marxist Allies Against ISIS
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2015
Turkey Riles U.S. Ally in Fight Against Jihadists
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/2015
Sectarian conflict in Iraq between Shiites and Sunnis following U.S. withdrawal
04/28/2013
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Clashes Carry Worries of a New Civil War
New York Times 04/28/2013
Sectarian Attacks Return With a Roar to Iraq, Rattling a Capital Already on Edge
New York Times 08/17/2013
Surge in Iraqi Violence Reunites Maliki and Obama
New York Times 11/01/2013
In Climate of Growing Fear, Iraqis Flee to Safer Ground
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2014
We Iraqis Need Equality, Not Apaches
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2014
Mosul Falls to ISIS, Endangering Iraq’s Democracy
New York Times 06/11/2014
A weak military in Iraq in 2014-2015, split by sectarian divisions and poorly equipped and trained- in the period following U.S. withdrawal
04/28/2014
The failure of Nouri Maliki to bring together Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. Sunnis see the Maliki government's anti-terrorist effort as ethnic cleanising, the U.S. is wary of the Maliki government and has refrained from supplying the military, the college setup by the U.S. to train officers remains vacant after the U.S. withdrawal at Maliki's insistence. The militants ISIS organization draws from trained officers in the old Iraqi military before the invasion and Sunni militants in Syria. This threatens the ability of the government to maintain peace in the country and creates risks for Iraqi oil supplies and revenues.
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Fledgling Iraqi Military Is Outmatched on Battlefield
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2014
Sunni Militants Drive Iraqi Army Out of Mosul
New York Times 06/10/2014
Iraqi, U.S. Forces Trade Barbs Over Failures
Wall Street Journal 06/12/2014
Mosul Falls to ISIS, Endangering Iraq’s Democracy
New York Times 06/11/2014
U.S. Said to Rebuff Iraqi Request to Strike Militants
New York Times 06/11/2014
Sunni Fighters Gain as They Battle 2 Governments, and Other Rebels
New York Times 06/11/2014
U.S. president Obama's policy in 2015 as the Middle East descends into sectarian conflicts between Shiite Iran and Sunni Arab states
03/27/2015
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Obama Struggles With a Messy Middle East
Wall Street Journal 03/27/2015
U.S. Boosts Aid in Saudi-Led Fight To Defeat Rebel Force in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2015
U.S. Sends Ship, Planes as Iranians Seize Commercial Ship
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2015
With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
Saudi Arabia executes prominent Shiite cleric and 46 others in 12 cities - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/02/2016
Obama’s Mideast Mission: Get Saudis, Iran to Make Nice
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2016
The spread of the Sunni-Shiite conflict to Yemen, bordering Saudi Arabia, in 2015
03/24/2015
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The Rising Menace From Disintegrating Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2015
Houthi Militants Protest After Saudi Arabia Airstrikes in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2015
Obama Struggles With a Messy Middle East
Wall Street Journal 03/27/2015
U.S. Boosts Aid in Saudi-Led Fight To Defeat Rebel Force in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2015
Saudi-Led Forces Blockade Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/31/2015
Saudi Arabia and Yemen: The test for a new monarch
Economist 04/05/2015
Iran's use of Iraqi airspace to supply arms to the Assad regime in Syria
09/04/2012
Grouped Articles
Clashes Carry Worries of a New Civil War
New York Times 04/28/2013
Why did Mr. Obama overrule his advisers on Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
New York Times 05/05/2013
Surge in Iraqi Violence Reunites Maliki and Obama
New York Times 11/01/2013
Iraq Crisis: Nouri al-Maliki Quits
Wall Street Journal 08/15/2014
New York Times 08/15/2014
The insurgency in Iraq in 2014 against the Maliki government's sectarian policies- the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria
06/10/2014
Mosul on the border with Syria is taken by the insurgents ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) who operate on the Syrian side against Assad. Mosul is Iraq's second largest city with different ethnic groups. Foreign fighters operating in Syria have joined the ISIS. Maliki had lost support in Mosul with his increasingly sectarian policies favoring Shiites and marginalizing Sunnis. The Iraqi forces lack training and are poorly organized compared to the insurgents fighting the Assad regime in Syria. The U.S. lost any chance of maintaining peace in the region with policies of the Obama administration distancing itself in Iraq, Syria and towards Iran's non-sectarian democracy movement. With moderates left in the cold in the region, sectarian influences are taking control and undoing the hard work of previous administrations. The hopes of the heavily young demographic oriented Middle East region in 2011-2012 for economic progress are now fading first into religious extremism and then into sectarian religious conflict, with Putin's government in Russia allowed by the Obama administration to pursue reckless policies in Syria against the interests of people in the region. A no fly zone or action of the kind taken in Libya at very small cost to the U.S. was not taken by U.S. president Obama. The failed reelection bid of Sarkozy in France left Britain's prime minister Cameron with no allies to pursue prudent policies in Syria that would have advanced democracy and economic development in the entire region.
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Sunni Militants Drive Iraqi Army Out of Mosul
New York Times 06/10/2014
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2014
Iraqi, U.S. Forces Trade Barbs Over Failures
Wall Street Journal 06/12/2014
Mosul Falls to ISIS, Endangering Iraq’s Democracy
New York Times 06/11/2014
U.S. Said to Rebuff Iraqi Request to Strike Militants
New York Times 06/11/2014
Sunni Fighters Gain as They Battle 2 Governments, and Other Rebels
New York Times 06/11/2014
Houthis in Yemen - Iranian influence in Yemen and the Saudi response
03/23/2015
Houthi rebels from northern Yemen- belonging to an offshoot of Shiite Islam- oust the government in Sanaa and move south to take Taiz, an airforce base in the south, and Aden. Iran supports the Houthi rebels in Yemen and the country fractures between Sunnis and Shiites, with sectarian conflict. This is part of a wider conflict in the region with the Gulf States, Saudi, Turkey and other countries taking sides in the conflict in Syria and Iraq. In 2015 the differences between the Saudis and Qatar are being bridged with the expansion in Iran's influence in the region, including Syria and Iraq. The conflict in Yemen draws the Sunni side together against Shiite Iran with the Saudi airstrikes on targets in Yemen.
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Chaos in Yemen Stymies U.S. Counterterror Operations
Wall Street Journal 03/23/2015
The Rising Menace From Disintegrating Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2015
Houthi Militants Protest After Saudi Arabia Airstrikes in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2015
Obama Struggles With a Messy Middle East
Wall Street Journal 03/27/2015
U.S. Boosts Aid in Saudi-Led Fight To Defeat Rebel Force in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2015
Saudi-Led Forces Blockade Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/31/2015
Shiite defense of Baghdad and southern Iraq from Sunni insurgents and the ISIS in Syria- 2014
06/20/2014
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In Shiite Heartland of Iraq, Volunteers Get Set for a ‘Defensive Jihad’
New York Times 06/21/2014
Answering a Cleric’s Call, Iraqi Shiites Take Up Arms
New York Times 06/21/2014
Iraq Insurgents Reaping Wealth as They Advance
New York Times 06/20/2014
Washington Post 07/12/2014
U.S. Sees Risks in Assisting a Compromised Iraqi Force
New York Times 07/13/2014
Iraq Crisis: Effort to Aid Kurdish Forces Puts Iran, U.S. on Same Side
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2014
Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq- Shiite Badr militias in Diyala province Feb. 2015
02/07/2015
Grouped Articles
Shiite Militia Drives Back Islamic State, but Divides Much of Iraq
New York Times 02/07/2015
To Defeat Islamic State in Iraq, Bridge the Sunni-Shiite Divide
Wall Street Journal 02/13/2015
Who’s Willing to Fight for Iraq?
New York Times 06/01/2015
With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
Washington Post 12/02/2015
Saudi Arabia executes prominent Shiite cleric and 46 others in 12 cities - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/02/2016
Shiite Revival in Lebanon and Iranian Involvement
07/10/2006
How the Mideast picture is changing with the Shiite Revival. See the Link with Ali Nasr Key piece: Ancient Rift. Rising Academic Sees Sectarian Split Inflaming Mideast by Peter Waldman, WSJ, August 4, 2006.
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With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
Amid Ties to Iran, Hezbollah Builds Its Own Identity
Wall Street Journal 07/21/2006
Israel's Hezbollah Fight Bolsters Syria's Assad
Wall Street Journal 07/21/2006
Key Issue in Lebanon Fighting: How to Stop Hezbollah Rockets
Wall Street Journal 07/17/2006
Mideast Democracy: One Violent Group Finds It Works Fine
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2006
Syrian President May Hold Key To Mideast Crisis
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2006
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