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Like nearly every other Iran expert, until three weeks ago veteran war correspondent Scott Anderson thought the Islamic regime was stronger than ever.
From Salon
Kurdish forces have been controlling swathes of Syria's oil-rich north and north-east, much of it gained during the civil war and the fight against the Islamic State group over the past decade.
From BBC
Kurdish forces control swathes of Syria's oil-rich north and northeast, much of which they captured during the country's civil war and the fight against the Islamic State group over the past decade.
From Barron's
The recent protests, which erupted in late December, have posed one of the most serious threats yet to the Islamic Republic’s nearly five-decade rule.
The U.S. has had a longstanding partnership with the SDF to combat Islamic State, or ISIS.
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