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VIDEO: Tikrit offensive billed as a turning point

By http://www.france24.com/en/2015-03-12-the-debate-the-battle-for-iraq-and-syria-tikrit-offensive-turning-point-part-one/, March 12, 2015

FRANCE 24:The battle to retake Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s hometown, is far from over but already optimists are hailing the rebirth of Iraq’s army in the fight against Islamic State militants. But when Republican meeting on Wednesday raised questions about Shiite militias and the presence of Iranian advisors led by Revolutionary Guards senior commander Qassem Suleimani. So, is it a victory for Iraq or for Iran?

Jacques Myard:French MP, UMP (Centre Right)

Zaid AL-ALI: Author of the Struggle for Iraq’s Future

David Andelman:Editor, World policy journal and columnist

Tony Bradan:Research Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Meet the Author

Zaid Al-Ali has been practicing law since 1999, specializing in international commercial arbitration and comparative constitutional law.

Author Zaid Al-Ali and his wife Rouba Beydoun during a dust storm in Iraq in 2010.

He has law degrees from Harvard Law School, the Université de Paris I (Sorbonne), and King’s College London. From 2005 to 2010, he was a legal adviser to the United Nations focusing on constitutional, parliamentary, and judicial reform in Iraq. Since the beginning of 2011, he has been working on constitutional reform throughout the Arab region, in particular in Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. He has published widely on Iraq and on constitutional law.

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