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battle of basra modern warfare The battle that Malik was fighting, is famous in history as the “Battle of Layla-tul-Harir.” It was the climax of the grim contest in the plain of Siffin on the bank of the Euphrates. The western urban-rural interface, with the few main access routes into the city, was an operational environment in itself. By early 1987, Iran and Iraq both had about 200,000 troops deployed along the southern front near Basra, Iraq’s second largest city. According to the intelligence gathered by General Shepherd, Vladimir Makarov graduated from the Frunze Military Academy a...

On December 12th, Iranian authorities carried out the execution of Ruhollah Zam, a dissident figure that Reporters Without Borders has described as “controversial” in Iran and throughout the diaspora. The execution drew international denunciation and has been rightly condemned by human rights groups, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the European Union, as well as the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, and others. Not only has the execution been lambasted for the lack of due process in Mr. Zam’s case, but also because the use of the death penalty is itself ...

The execution of Ruhollah Zam came a little over a year after authorities tricked him into traveling to Iraq where he was abducted.