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It would be tempting to picture the Iraqi parliamentary elections last Sunday as a geopolitical game-changer. Well, it’s complicated – in more ways than one. Let’s start with the abstention rate. Of the 22 million eligible voters able to choose 329 members of Parliament from 3,227 candidates and 167 parties, only 41% chose to cast their ballots, according to the Iraq High Electoral Commission (IHEC) Then there’s the notorious fragmentation of the Iraqi political chessboard. Initial resul...

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U.S. commanders kept convincing themselves they were making progress. But hope is not a strategy.

The fall of Afghanistan's second city marks a moment emblematic of a long war.

Retreat of U.S. troops and advance of the Taliban leave veterans of the Afghanistan war conflicted

Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, July 23 Xinhua 24 Jul 2021, 03:55 GMT+10 DHAKA -- Starting Friday morning, Bangladesh entered its most severe nationwide lockdown to curb the rampant spread of COVID-19. Authorities decided to impose the strict lockdown from July 23 to Aug. 5 after relaxing restrictions for a week on the occasion of Eid al-Adha festival which was celebrated here Wednesday.(Bangladesh-Lockdown) - - - - SINGAPORE -- Singapore needs a "whole-of-nation" effort to ach...

3 Afghan districts change hands in 24 hrs ​ By IANS | ​ 0 Views 3 Afghan districts change hands in 24 hrs. Image Source: IANS News Kabul, July 24 : The escalating fighting and ambiguity over the future of Afghanistan have triggered concerns among the civilians as both the government forces and the Taliban have been fighting to gain more grounds with three districts having changed hands over the past 24 hours. Taliban militants, according to media reports, seized Garmsir and Marja district...

Pregnant Women And Mothers Threatened By Afghan Violence By Elise BLANCHARD 07/13/21 AT 10:50 PM Married to a much older man in Afghanistan, Wati -- who thinks she is around 30 years old -- is pregnant for a fifth time in four years, including two miscarriages. She has travelled by car to a government-run maternity clinic in a poor and rural village in southern Kandahar province, the birthplace of the Taliban. With the withdrawal of US-led foreign forces and escalating violence, there are...

قراءة في كتاب (دراسات في تاريخ مدينة سوق الشيوخ الحديث والمعاصر) بقلم / مجاهد منعثر منشد الكتاب تأليف أ. د. عماد جاسم حسن الموسوي ,الأستاذ في كلية التربية للعلوم الإنسانية/ جامعة ذي قار . عضو الاتحاد الدولي للمؤرخين .وله عشرات البحوث المنشورة في الدول العربية كالبحرين والإمارا...

Blast injuries focused attention on tourniquets, blood transfusions and prosthetics, as the survival rate improved dramatically