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„As an alliance of Iraqi and Kurdish forces pushes to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State, there should be no doubt about what the group plans to do next. It will fight to the bitter end to defend its most populous and symbolic stronghold. After all, it…

„‚Iran is covertly recruiting hundreds of Afghan Shias in Afghanistan to fight for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, drawing them out of their own conflict-ridden country and into another war in which Afghanistan plays no official part. The Afghan fighters are often impoverished, religiously devout or ostracised from society, looking for…

„Wer glaubt, mit dem Assad-Regime sei eine Stabilisierung Syriens möglich, geht dem Kreml auf den Leim. Auch die sunnitische Mehrheitsbevölkerung würde sich nicht mit der Dominanz des Iran abfinden.“ (Richard Herzinger kritisiert westliche Illusionen über Russland und das Assad-Regime)