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Iraqi special forces advance towards the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. The advance comes as part of a major assault that started five days earlier to drive Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed) (AP)

Iraq’s humanitarian crisis

Alon Ben-Meir - The Globalist
Mural Depicts Donald Trump And Vladimir Putin in Lithuania (Getty/Sean Gallup)

An east-meets-west love story

Ryan Bohl - Geopolitics Made Super
(Jacques Brinon/AP)

Don't fall for ISIS' trap

Patrick Hillsman - Alternet
Paul Wolfowitz (Reuters/Yuri Gripas)

Wolfowitz reuses old Iraq lies

Heather Digby Parton
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Syrian rebels aim during a weapons training exercise outside Idlib, Syria. (AP)

Sebastian Rotella - ProPublica
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