Douglas Burton is a former U.S. State Department official in Kirkuk, Iraq, and writes news and commentary from Washington, D.C. queries to Burtonnewsandviews@gmail.com.
Douglas Burton
Nigerians Head for the Polls as Religious Freedom Activists Call for U.S. Special Envoy
Friday, February 15th, 2019ISIS-affiliate Boko Haram continues to terrorize the country
Putin Tests the West
Saturday, March 31st, 2018Kremlin watchers: Russian poisonings, election meddling require harsh response
Iraqi Forces to Focus on Liberating Tal Afar
Wednesday, July 5th, 2017Iraqi PM to declare complete control of Old Mosul within 72 hours
ISIS Continues to Lose Ground in Mosul
Friday, June 16th, 2017ISIS controls just 3 percent of West Mosul
Mosul Liberation Quickens Amid Rumors ISIS Leader Has Left Town
Thursday, March 9th, 2017Military observers now predict recapture of west Mosul in weeks
Losing Ground, ISIS Terrorists in Mosul Coerce Population With Death Threats
Tuesday, February 7th, 2017Coalition planning 'third stage' of Mosul liberation process
Troop Surge, Increased Coordination Helped Coalition Conquer East Mosul
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017Shift in strategy kills more than half of ISIS combatants in the area
Former Turkish Counter-Terror Head: Security Purges Led to Ambassador Assassination
Thursday, December 22nd, 2016After failed coup, Erdogan replaced tens of thousands of police, judges, prosecutors, military officers
ISIS Launches Counterattack After Syrian Regime Regains Control of Aleppo
Wednesday, December 14th, 2016Islamic State terrorists recapture oil fields in central Syria, city of Palmyra (Updated)
ISIS Massacres Hundreds as Iraqi Army Battles in Downtown Mosul
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016Suicide bombers, IEDs, mass graves confront advancing government troops
