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Europe’s Two-Time Turnabout on Syria/Iraq

By Peter Custers
Is this one of those rare occasions where policy-makers self-critically correct a gigantic blunder? Or is it a cold turnabout guided by pure self-interest?

OPINION: The Affinity Between Iraqi Sunni Extremists and the Rulers of Saudi Arabia

By Peter Custers
Which story line sounds the more credible – that linking the rebel movement ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) to policies pursued by Iran or that linking the Sunni extremist force to Iran’s adversary Saudi Arabia?


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