The Voice Of Joyce: Reference articles/Foreign Policy

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Dear followers:

After reviewing my Post on Foreign Policy, these references may be helpful to your understanding of the complexity of the Middle East quagmire!  Please do share your comments.  I will write later, explaining my absence of late!

 

Wishing everyone a glorious day, where ever you are, dear followers!

 

  • Financial Times,
    Total fined €750,000 in Iraq corruption case
    —
    Michael Stothard in Paris and David Sheppard in London
    —
    French court finds oil major guilty of corrupting foreign officials in UN oil for food programme

Read the full article at: http://on.ft.com/1R71HTG

  • The Kurds are spread out across Turkey, Syria and Iraq as a ” contiguous” group. It’s in Turkey’s best interest to make Peace with them.

Financial Times,
Kurds are now key to a Middle East solution
—
Henri Barkey
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Powers great and small must contend with group’s demands as never before, writes Henri Barkey

Read the full article at: http://on.ft.com/1S3Vsor

  • Coalition strikes effectively cutting ISIS revenue from oil. Peace could put ISIS out of business as local Syrians stop purchases.

I saw this article when using the Financial Times app and thought you might be interested:

Financial Times,
Isis oil: jihadis continue pumping
—
Erika Solomon in Beirut
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Islamist group is determined to stay in business despite the heavy blow to finances from air strikes

Read the full article at: http://on.ft.com/1R7B01b

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