Tag Archives: Massoud Barzani

Turkey: NATO’s Neo-Ottoman Spearhead in the Middle East

August 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Turkey already has troops in Syria and has threatened military action to protect the site they guard. A 1921 agreement between Ottoman Turkey and France (the Treaty of Ankara), the latter at the time the colonial administrator of Syria, guaranteed … read more »

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Wave of Attacks Hasten Fracture of Iraq

March 21, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A series of coordinated bomb attacks that hit more than a dozen Iraqi cities left more than 50 dead and 200 injured on Tuesday. The nature of the attacks pointed to al-Qaeda (AQ) as the perpetrator of the deadly bombings, … read more »

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