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Kurdish female fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Raqqa on October 19, 2017 after retaking the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters.

As ISIS Loses Raqqa, Iran Rears Its Ugly Head

ISIS is not dead and gone, only humbled. Iran is never humbled.
By Micah Halpern
A Somali soldier patrols next to the burnt-out wreckage of a car that was used by suspected al-shabab fighters on April 16, 2017. Somali security forces shot dead two suspected al-shabab militants, an Al-Qaeda linked extremist group, who were said to be involved in firing rockets. / AFP PHOTO / Mohamed ABDIWAHAB

As ISIS Goes Down, Here Comes al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda is benefitting from the Islamic State’s defeats—and our counterterrorism strategy.
By Bridget Johnson
Iraqis gather at the al-Mansour square with Archbishop Louis Sako patriarch of the Chaldean Church in Iraq during Christmas and New Years eve celebrations in Baghdad on December 31, 2016.

Don’t Let ISIS Run Christians Out of the Middle East

ISIS knows that ignorance is their ally, and unity spells defeat.
By Bridget Johnson
An Iraqi soldier inspects the debris at St. George's Monastery, a historical Chaldean Catholic church, in Mosul, which was destroyed by Islamic State (IS) group in 2015.

Terrorists’ Occupational Hazards Are Blessings in Disguise

By Micah Halpern
Morehshin Allahyari's 3D print reconstruction of Lamassu, also destroyed by ISIS (2015).

These ISIS-Destroyed Artifacts Are Now Available to Download and 3-D Print

By Casey Quackenbush

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By Observer Staff

Young Iraqi Translator Longs for U.S.

By Katherine Zoepf

Baghdad, American-Style, or How the Chicken Got Its Own Funeral

By Tish Durkin
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