Syria: Defeat Pretending To Be Victory
Strategy Page· 4 days agoApril 8, 2021: In the northeast (Hasaka province), American and Kurdish SDF forces are still processing the results of a week-long counterterrorism operation in the al Hol refugee camp. The ...
In a Syrian Rebel Bastion, Millions Are Trapped in Murky, Violent Limbo
New York Times· 5 days agoMillions of people displaced during Syria’s 10-year war are impoverished, insecure and crowded into...
Will Joe Biden close Guantánamo, end the drone war and wind down the War on Terror?
Salon.com· 7 hours agoIn the first two months of Joe Biden's presidency, you could feel the country holding its breath....
Battle for Yemen desert city now a key to Iran, US tension
The Washington Times· 5 days agoFighting has been raging in the mountains outside Marib as Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who hold...
Iran-Backed Militia Blows Up Truck, Then Quotes ‘Peaky Blinders’
Vice· 4 days agoLast week, near the town of al Batha in Iraq, a truck heading north on the main road between Basra...
Reviving The Iran Nuclear Deal: Here's What It Involves And Why It's Hard
NPR· 6 days agoThough it did comply with the nuclear agreement before the U.S. pulled out, Iran still made provocative moves. It took captive some foreigners, continued developing its powerful conventional ...
Iraqi PM grapples with militia threat as talks with US start
Marshall Independent· 4 days agoIraq’s prime minister asked Iran’s leaders to rein in Iran-backed militias in Iraq and in a strongly worded message to Tehran, suggested he would confront the factions, two Iraqi officials said ...