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Iran: Be My Bitch And I'll Make You Rich
Strategy Page· 20 hours agoNovember 1, 2017: Iran is making its move to establish a secure route from Iran to the Mediterranean and come one step closer to its goal of destroying Israel. This despite Israel making it ...
Iraqi Kurds mourn loved ones lost on Mediterranean migrant route
AFP via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWaiting at home in Iraqi Kurdistan, Khadija Hussein holds faint hope of hearing word of further...
A shipwreck between Greece and Italy leaves nearly 60 missing
Hardwood Paroxysm· 6 days agoThe news of the new tragedy – although not in number – was also confirmed by the Italian Coast...
Strict asylum rules and poor treatment pushing migrants north to U.K.
Los Angeles Times· 2 days agoThe rising tide crept above their waists, soaking the babies they hugged tight. Around a dozen Kurds refused to leave the cold waters of the English Channel in a futile attempt to delay the ...
Iraq: Bad Habits
Strategy Page· 5 days agoSeptember 8, 2020: The new prime minister (Mustafa al Kadhimi) is decidedly hostile to Iran. Such a meeting was important because Kadhimi is the first post-Saddam (2003) prime minister that ...
Andrew Bacevich, Tom Dispatch
The Raw Story· 16 hours agoRecall that in the eighteenth century, it was a slaveholding planter from Virginia who secured American independence. In the middle third of the twentieth century, a crippled Hudson River grandee ...
‘Battleground Ukraine’ Review: Kyiv Before and After the War
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoBOOKSHELF Since 1991, Ukraine has experienced periods of hopefulness and even triumph, but it has...
Turkey: Sweden Not Joining NATO
Strategy Page· 2 hours agoNovember 8, 2023: Turkey once more delayed its promised approval of Sweden joining NATO. The delay this time was because Turkey was not consulted by the United States during the Hamas-Israel ...
Refugee charity marks 25 years with fashion show
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHandmade clothes, including traditional Kurdish, Afghan and Syrian dresses, were modelled with dance and singing performances [Jon Wright/BBC] A refugee...
Syria: Iran Gets No Respect
Strategy Page· 5 days agoSeptember 4, 2018: Russia has moved 25 warships to the Syrian coast, apparently in support of the Syrian offensive against Idlib, the last rebel held province. The naval force includes submarines ...