Insight: Fuelled By Syria War, al Qaeda Bursts Back To Life In Iraq -- Suadad al-Salhy, Reuters
(Reuters) - Al Qaeda gunmen seeking to form a radical Islamic state out of the chaos of Syria's civil war are fighting hard to reconquer the province they once controlled in neighboring Iraq, stirring fears the conflict is exporting ever more instability.
Exploiting local grievances against Baghdad's rule and buoyed by al Qaeda gains in Syria, the fighters have taken effective control of Anbar's two main cities for the first time since U.S. occupation troops defeated them in 2006-07.
Their advance is ringing alarm bells in Washington: The United States has pledged to help Baghdad quell the militant surge in Anbar -- although not with troops -- to stabilize a province that saw the heaviest fighting of the U.S. occupation.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
5 questions: What's going on in Iraq? -- Elise Labott, CNN
The sad truth about America and Iraq -- K.T. McFarland, FOX News
Gangs of the Middle East: Iraq, Syria torn by fighting factions -- FOX News
Syria power struggle: Are fortunes of the more moderate rebels rising? -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
Power Vacuum in Middle East Lifts Militants -- Ben Hubbard/Robert F. Worth/Michael R. Gordon, New York Times
Thanks to Obama, Islamist militants will be the ultimate victors in Iraq and Afghanistan -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
U.S. Needs a Role in the New Mideast -- Gerald F. Seib, Wall Street Journal
Iran Continues Subversion Despite the Nuclear Negotiations -- Elliott Abrams, Council On Foreign Relations
Four Things China Learned From the Arab Spring -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
China's Youth Want a Movie, a Coke and a Big Mac -- John Jewell, Real Clear World
How Did Zimbabwe Become So Poor—And Yet So Expensive? The shockingly high prices of one of Africa's most impoverished countries -- New Republic
South Sudan’s Tangled Crisis -- Nesrine Malik, New York Times
Will Russia's 'ring of steel' keep Sochi safe? -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor
The Fall of France -- Janine di Giovanni, Newsweek
Cuba's classic cars are icons of oppression that deserve scrapping -- Mark Wallace, The Guardian
Venezuela, A State of Emergency -- Boris Munoz, Real Clear World/World Crunch
The Mint countries: Next economic giants? -- BBC
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