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Aymenn Al-Tamimi

articles/2016/03/28/putin-and-assad-score-a-major-victory-against-isis-after-hitting-syrian-rebels-for-months/160327-tamimi-palmyra-tease_u6qzaa
RUINS

Assad Recaptures Palmyra

Russia diverts firepower from Syrian rebels to target ISIS in the ancient city.

Aymenn Al-Tamimi

Too late?

The U.S. Anti-ISIS Strategy’s True Cost

Can the U.S. do anything to stop Iran’s influence from expanding in Iraq while it counts on the country as a quiet partner against ISIS?

Aymenn Al-Tamimi

articles/2014/06/27/iraq-needs-unity-not-partition/140620-altamimi-iraq-tease_ch932h
Unity

Why Iraq Should Stay Unified

Plans to partition Iraq into separate Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish regions won’t bring peace to the country and could actually give ISIS more power.

Aymenn Al-Tamimi

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