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Maybe you missed it, but something truly horrific happened in Baghdad Sunday morning. 
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Why France’s brave new war on ISIS is a sick joke, and an insult to the victims of the Paris attacks
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What exactly is the ISIS endgame? NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Scott Atran, co-author of the New York Review of Books post "Paris: The War ISIS Wants."
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Western leaders could destroy Islamic State by calling on Erdoğan to end his attacks on Kurdish forces in Syria and Turkey and allow them to fight Isis on the ground
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A US-led raid in May uncovered evidence of financial dealings between Turkey and ISIS.
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People fighting for survival experiment with their own path to
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On Saturday, December 6, the Academic Delegation to Rojava met in Qamişlo with two representatives of Tev-dem, the Movement for a Democratic Society. Abdulkerim Omar and Çınar Salih first gave us some background to Rojava’s thinking about the state and democracy. Then they explained the structure of the democratic self-government—the commune and council system—and took our questions. Speaking through translators, Salih did most of the talking.
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MEDIA RELEASE 29 January 2015 For immediate use Kurdish activists in Scotland and their supporters gather in Glasgow on Saturday to celebrate the success of the Kurdish defence of Kobane where ISIS forces have been pushed out.
Evan Oaks's curator insight,
March 1, 2015 6:40 PM
This is a very big victory for the Kurdish people and for everyone fighting against ISIS. Before this defeat ISIS was gaining territory with ease, no one fought them to protect their land. Now that they have been defeated once they could be be on the downfall. This is a big step towards stopping ISIS.
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In the aftermath of state breakdowns in Iraq and Syria and the emergence of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) as a serious threat against the status quo in the Middle East, the Kurds began receiving unforeseen coverage in international media as both...
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The intellectual sat down with Jacobin to discuss ISIS, Israel and climate change
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The hacktivist group issued a direct threat to the Islamic State warning that it will hunt down all its emails and sites.
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Individuals claiming to represent ISIS took over social media accounts of the U.S. military base on Monday, just as the President was delivering a speech on cyber-security.
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ISIS is the progeny of those in Washington and London who, in destroying Iraq as both a state and a society, conspired to commit an epic crime against humanity. Like Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, ISIS are the mutations of a western state terror dispensed by a venal imperial elite undeterred by the consequences of actions taken at great remove in distance and culture. Their culpability is unmentionable in "our" societies.
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Never before in history have terrorists had such easy access to the minds and eyeballs of millions.
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Western leaders could destroy Islamic State by calling on Erdoğan to end his attacks on Kurdish forces in Syria and Turkey and allow them to fight Isis on the ground
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Jingoists conveniently forget the West's Cold War strategy was to arm the Islamic extremists that became al-Qaida VIDEO
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Following the Paris attacks, France, the United States, and our allies may opt for all-out war. But even if ISIS is destroyed, its message could still captivate many in coming generations.
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The brutal ‘Islamic State’ is a symptom of a deepening crisis of civilisation premised on fossil fuel addiction, which is undermining Western hegemony and unravelling state power across the Muslim world
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On Sunday, ISIS supporters posted violent threats against Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and other employees of the service.
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After the People’s Defence Units (YPG) and the Women’s Defence Units (YPJ) had put a stop to the attacks of IS (the Islamic State) on Kobani, which had gone on since the 15th September 2014 and had been able to push the IS back on most fronts, the...
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by Michael Knapp, Historian; Translated from German original by Richard Braude The revolution in Rojava (West Kurdistan/ North Syria), which started in Kobanî (Ain al-Arab) and spread like wildfire through Afrîn, Dêrik (Al-Malikiya), Qamişlo (Al-Qamishli),...
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The famed linguist and philosopher on the conflict in Iraq, Israel and the myriad dangers of U.S. foreign policy
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Anonymous takes freedom of speech and freedom of the press very seriously.
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Anonymous has just struck a massive blow against ISIS recruiting efforts. Hacktivists recently took control of dozens of Twitter and Facebook accounts that had been openly used by ISIS to expand their influence and recruit new members.
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The Obama administration recently announced a policy of limited intervention in Iraq, using drone strikes to stave off conquest of Kurdish autonomous areas by ISIS. The main US ally on the ground is Massoud Barzani’s Kurdistan Regional Government, and US support against ISIS is limited to Kurdish areas inside Iraq.
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