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Regional Discord Fuels Islamic State’s Rise in Mideast
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ISIS (Islamic State) and the different interests in the Middle East region- the U.S. under the Obama administration, Turkey under Erdogan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Russia under Putin and Iran under Khamanei in 2015-2016
10/16/2015
Turkey's Erdogan is fighting PKK and Kurds, as he faces domestic opposition with Kurdish parties doing well in the recent election, Israel is focussed on Iran's growing influence, the Saudis in protecting Sunni interests and limiting Iranian influence, the U.S. under the Obama administration focussed on limiting the U.S. involvement to an extraordinary degree, and Putin supporting the Iranian government.
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Sunni Fighters Gain as They Battle 2 Governments, and Other Rebels
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In Shiite Heartland of Iraq, Volunteers Get Set for a ‘Defensive Jihad’
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Answering a Cleric’s Call, Iraqi Shiites Take Up Arms
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Iraq Insurgents Reaping Wealth as They Advance
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Iraqi Army, in New Show of Force, Drives Back Insurgents in Major City
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Washington Post 07/12/2014
U.S. efforts in 2014-2015 to get the cooperation of Turkey, Qatar, and Kuwait, to cutoff funding for Islamic State ISIS
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U.S., Allies Step Up Efforts to Choke Off Islamic State's Funding
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Obama Acknowledges U.S. Erred in Assessing ISIS
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Turkey Votes to Allow Operations Against ISIS
New York Times 10/02/2014
Turkish Inaction on ISIS Advance Dismays the U.S.
New York Times 10/07/2014
Washington Post 11/01/2014
Iraq and U.S. Find Some Potential Sunni Allies Have Already Been Lost
New York Times 11/15/2014
U.S. president Obama and the authorization by Congress for the war effort against Islamic State
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Obama’s Dual View of War Power Seeks Limits and Leeway
New York Times 02/11/2015
Splits in Islamic State Emerge as Its Ranks Expand
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
Defending ISIS Policy, Obama Acknowledges Flaws in Effort So Far
New York Times 05/21/2015
U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq
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Turkey Uneasy as U.S. Support of Syrian Kurds Grows
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Regional Discord Fuels Islamic State’s Rise in Mideast
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2015
The effort against Islamic State in 2015
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Coalition Has Reclaimed Territory from Islamic State, Kerry Says
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2015
Obama’s Dual View of War Power Seeks Limits and Leeway
New York Times 02/11/2015
Splits in Islamic State Emerge as Its Ranks Expand
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
Sunni Tribes in Iraq Divided Over Battle Against Islamic State
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Regional Discord Fuels Islamic State’s Rise in Mideast
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2015
On the Front Line Against Islamic State
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The insurgency in Iraq in 2014 against the Maliki government's sectarian policies- the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria
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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
U.S. president Obama and handling of Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq- policy failures and corrective course
09/28/2014
Grouped Articles
Obama Acknowledges U.S. Erred in Assessing ISIS
New York Times 09/28/2014
Iraq and U.S. Find Some Potential Sunni Allies Have Already Been Lost
New York Times 11/15/2014
Months of Airstrikes Fail to Slow Islamic State in Syria
Wall Street Journal 01/15/2015
Coalition Has Reclaimed Territory from Islamic State, Kerry Says
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2015
New York Times 02/07/2015
Obama’s Dual View of War Power Seeks Limits and Leeway
New York Times 02/11/2015
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