By David Francis with Sabine Muscat
The Pentagon tries to walk back plans to retake Mosul. Last week DoD unexpectedly released key details on its efforts to retake the Iraqi city from the Islamic State. U.S. officials apparently failed to check in with their Iraqi counterparts, FP’s Kate Brannen reports. Meanwhile, former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is trying to make a comeback, reports FP’s David Kenner.
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Russia plays petro-politics in Europe. Numerous times over the last decade Russia has cut off gas supplies to Ukraine — and in turn, western Europe — as a show of …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
