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
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Michael Stothard in Paris and David Sheppard in London
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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
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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
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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
- With eye on EU and oil, ISIS has begun devouring Libya
http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/isis/.premium-1.706236
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