The leadership transition period was a vulnerable time for Al-Qaeda, bringing a less charismatic and much more publicly subdued leader to the helm.
Iraq’s struggle to assert its sovereignty is increasingly complicated by its entanglements with Iran and Turkey and a persistent terrorist threat.
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