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The U.S. drone strike comes amid a period of heightened tension between the U.S. and Iranian-backed militia in Syria and Iraq.

“They’re just going to be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people, and it breaks my heart,” Bush said.

Iran has been giving conflicting instructions to its Iraqi proxy militias. This could drive the militias further away from Tehran.

But can the international intervention resolve the underlying factors that cause ISIS to flourish in Mozambique in the first place?

France will remain invested in the Sahel but has to respond to the changing geographical nature of terrorism in Africa.

The latest attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq has revealed the rifts within the Iranian camp left over after Soleimani’s death.

Considered by many the architect behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Donald Rumsfeld and his legacy will continue to divide.

“U.S. Forces in Syria, while under multiple rocket attack, acted in self-defense and conducted counter-battery artillery fire,” the U.S. said.

After three months of drone strikes againsta U.S. interests, the Air Force strikes back at Iranian proxy militias.

Saddam Hussein deftly maneuvered through the Ba’ath party’s ranks to become president of Iraq and usher in his a brutal dictartorship.

Operation Barkhane would be replaced by ” an international alliance, with all our partners, strictly limited to the fight against terrorism,” Macron said.

The loss of the Quds Force commander comes at a time when Iran is trying to reassert its control over its proxy forces.