Risk: Factions is adapted from the Xbox Live Arcade title of the same name, which in turn was based on the board game.

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Risk: Factions has a chance to rekindle that sort of interaction that made Facebook such an ideal gaming space in the days of Scrabulous.

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According to Salih, who has traveled widely in the region for the International Crisis Group, there is a real risk of conflict between Kurdish factions for control of Qamishli in coming months.

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