No Breakthrough for Peace in Syria
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the "Good" and Punishing the "Bad". This "carrot and stick" plan would reward Palestinian areas deemed by Israel to be less threatening, and increase conflict in areas that were more loyalist to Palestine.
Jon Austin for Express UK reports THE world's population will be cut from six to four billion in just a day after Russia and Iran team up in a major war, according to a self-styled prophet preacher.
Jonathan Landay for Reuters reports The United States and its negotiating partners agreed "in secret" to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in last year's landmark nuclear agreement in order to meet the deadline for it to start getting relie
Seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC) approached USS Firebolt (PC-10) while it was operating in international waters in the central Persian Gulf on Sept. 4, a defense official told USNI News.
The Obama administration disclosed to Congress on Tuesday that it transferred a total of $1.7 billion in cash through Swiss banks to Iran around the time American hostages were released this year, about four times the amount originally disclosed to
Darren Boyle for the Daily Mail UK reports Turkey has started striking back against ISIS in Syria after troops launched an assault on jihadis close to the border.Turkish military tanks and armoured vehicles have been spotted near the border in Gazian
Two headlines today support the claim that "western" media reporting often defies the observable reality.
Just days after the news hit that ISIS' main propaganda officer, Mohammad al-Adnani, one of the Islamic State's most prominent leaders, the second in command of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as well as the unofficial spokesman of the terrorist organization,
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering an offer by Russian President Vladimir Putin to host talks in Moscow between the Israeli leader and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Netanyahu's office said on Monday.
Sputnik news reports A week after a military incident between American and Iranian naval vessels in the Persian Gulf resulted in the firing of guns as a warning, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called on the Islamic Republic to bolster its
Because someone fired an x-ray laser at it
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Abdullah isn't the only gardener in these cities under siege, but he's helping with the food shortage.
What a mess! In the crazy Syrian war, US-backed and armed groups are fighting other US-backed rebel groups. How can this be?
Just a few short years ago, Yemen was judged to be among the poorest countries in the world, ranking 154th out of the 187 nations on the U.N.'s Human Development Index. One in every five Yemenis went hungry. Almost one in three was unemployed. Ever
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Charlie Bayliss for Express UK reports THE Council of Europe is set to send a delegation to Turkey to check the conditions of prisons inside the country after allegations of brutal treatment against those arrested during the failed military coup.
Sputnik reports For at least two years, Turkey's dictator Erdogan has been pushing to set up "safe zones" in northern Syria. This week, as Turkish tanks, warplanes and special forces commandeered Syrian territory, the Ankara government seems at
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Thanks to all for the good discussion of Mark Sleboda's post here. His central thesis: the recent Turkish invasion of Syria was against Russian interests, Russia basically left Syria hanging and lost out in the NATO war on the country.
Murky machines for murky wars.
Faced with the prospect that its proxy armies in Syria will never be able to overthrow the government and rule the country, the US seems to be shifting toward more direct confrontation with the Syrian government and the Russians. Are they going for b
Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis marched on Saturday in support of Shiite Houthi rebels and their ally, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Syrian Warplanes Continue Overflights Around Hasakeh
On Aug. 17, TV interviewer Charlie Rose gave former acting CIA Director Michael Morell a "mulligan" for an earlier wayward drive on Aug. 8 that sliced deep into the rough and even stirred up some nonviolent animals by advocating the murder of Rus