The liberation of Mosul is as close as one can find to a certainty in warfare. The Islamic State has perhaps 2,000 to 3,000 fighters to defend a 12-square-mile metropolis, as around 54,000 Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga barrel down on them. One can easily summon nightmare scenarios that could unfold during the battle. What if 1 million people flee the city? What
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Download PDF: sulaiman-sameer-adam-smith-karl-marx-final-2 It is important for everyone to learn the essential principles of contemporary economics since many of our decisions are made according to these principles. For instance, when we are about to buy certain goods, we see what interests us the most and compare prices of goods to see which one fits our needs the bes
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On April 2nd – 3rd April 2017, Baghdad will host the third Iraq Energy Forum in the Babylon Warwick Hotel, overlooking the River Tigris. Held under the patronage of the Iraqi Government with the support of the Ministry of Oil, the event brings together an exclusive line up of policy makers, government officials, industry leaders, investors, experts, diplomats and company repr
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Download PDF: saudi-arabias-economic-time-bomb-by-luay-al-khatteeb Time is a luxury that Saudi Arabia can no longer take for granted. It faces an economic time bomb, which, if not defused, will have severe and possibly irreversible effects both nationally and internationally. The 2014-2015 collapse in oil prices has slashed the Kingdom’s main source of revenue which makes 77
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The Iraqi Transport Ministry has signed a long-term agreement with Lufthansa Consulting, the consultancy division of Germany’s flag-carrier, in an effort to restructure Iraqi Airways after its ignominious blacklisting from European airspace. Lufthansa Consulting announced the “long-term strategic advisory and implementation project” last week, pledging to make Iraqi Airways
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