Yemen / Saudi Arabia / Bahrain / Tunisia / Iran / United Arab Emirates / Kuwait / Libya / Sudan / Egypt / Turkey / France / Russia / Jordan / United States / Syria / United Kingdom / China / Israel / Iraq / Ukraine / Lebanon / Somalia / U.S. / /
Currency
pence / /
Event
Diplomatic Relations / /
Facility
stable U / Shi’ite Shrine / /
Holiday
Ramadan / /
IndustryTerm
oil / energy / /
NaturalFeature
Arab Gulf / Red Sea / Arabian Peninsula / /
OperatingSystem
ISIS / /
Organization
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) / Hizballah / Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) / Army / Iraqi government / World Bank / Central Intelligence Agency / United Nations / U.S. Census Bureau / Popular Movement / /
Person
Hafez al-Assad / Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri / Abu Muhammad al-Adnani / Bashar / Nouri Al-Maliki / Muslim / al-Tariqa al-Naqshbandia / al-Madina al-Munawara / Anthony H. Cordesman / Saddam Hussein / Mahmoud al-Sarkhi / /
Position
Prime Minister / spokesman / General / cleric / official / Major / Supreme Leader / increasingly authoritarian Shi’ite leader / /
Product
Su-25s / /
Region
Southeast Iraq / Western Iraq / Middle East / North Africa / Levant / Eastern Iraq / Northeastern Syria / North Eastern Iraq / Northern Iraq / Eastern Syria / /
The New “Great Game” in the Middle East: Looking Beyond the “Islamic State” and Iraq Anthony H. Cordesman July 9, 2014 The U.S. has good reason to try to prevent the creation of a violent, extremist Islamic State