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6 bears ran amok and caused spectators to flee for their lives moments after being released into the wild

A special ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan descended into chaos after the attempted release of six Syria…

Joshua Zitser   


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Even Turkish Politicians Are Getting Behind An Independent Kurdistan

Turkey's about-face on Kurdish independence could tie directly into Erdogan's political ambitions. …

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Iraqi Kurdistan's Immense Oil Wealth Means It Does Not Have To Answer To Baghdad

Baghdad has protested against the Kurds having the ability to independently sell their oil, and the…

Jeremy Bender   


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Why Iran relies on ballistic missiles to threaten its adversaries

Iran's choice of ballistic missiles to strike Israel reflects decades of investment priorities and …

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Close US partners in the Middle East demand air defenses after Iranian drone attacks

Iraqi Kurds are facing Iranian drone attacks and believe they're being targeted because of their su…

Paul Iddon   


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Turkey may soon put its controversial Russian S-400 air defenses in operation

Turkey's S-400 defenses may be deployed for the first time this summer in a move likely to worsen a…

Paul Iddon   


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'Drone hunting drones' are already impacting Middle East conflicts

Iran's loitering missiles are unusual. They can fly loops until they find targets like low-flying d…

Paul Iddon   


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Iran is arresting teens for celebrating a soccer match loss from the national team, human rights activists say

At least 10 teens were detained after Iran's 3-2 loss to Qatar in the semi-finals of the Asian Foot…

Matthew Loh   


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Ex-CIA director says Israel could use 'covert' operations to retaliate against Iran's drone strikes without escalating the conflict

"There's a whole menu of actions that they can take, not all of which are necessarily overt," David…

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan   


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Iran accuses Israel of killing a spy chief and 3 of its top Revolutionary Guards in Syria, escalating tensions in the region

Iran accused Israel of the airstrike in Damascus, resulting in the death of the chief of the IRGC i…

Alia Shoaib   


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Iran shows it can unleash its own deadly drone war against US troops

American troops have been safe from the kind of deadly drone attacks it has waged against adversari…

Paul Iddon   


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Turkey's drones are a big hit in Ukraine, but they're also showing how they can pose a threat to the US

The Bayraktar TB2 has become a symbol of resistance for Ukrainians, but for other US partners it's …

Paul Iddon   


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Huileng Tan   


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Erdogan's future is in doubt, but Turkey's ties to Russia and tensions with the US aren't going anywhere

Opinion: Western observers frequently criticize Recep Tayyip Erdogan's foreign policy, but a differ…

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Iraq's extreme drought reveals a 3,400-year-old city

A team of archaeologists rushed to the site to excavate and map the city before it, once again, bec…

Paola Rosa-Aquino   


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Woman, 22, dies 'suspiciously' after Iran's Islamic morality police grabbed her off the street for not wearing a hijab correctly, reports say

Mahsa Amini, 22, died on Friday, days after being detained in Tehran for not following religious ru…

Joshua Zitser   


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Elon Musk's Starlink is now active in Iran amid widespread internet outages, academic says after speaking to Musk

Disruption to Iran's internet began after protests started over a young woman dying in police custo…

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Women in Iran defy the Islamic regime by removing their headscarves and waving them in the air in protests over police custody death, video shows

At the funeral of Mahsa Amini, who died days after being arrested by Iran's morality police, protes…

Joshua Zitser