In a Syrian Rebel Bastion, Millions Are Trapped in Murky, Violent Limbo
New York Times· 6 days agoMillions of people displaced during Syria’s 10-year war are impoverished, insecure and crowded into...
Iran-Backed Militia Blows Up Truck, Then Quotes ‘Peaky Blinders’
Vice· 5 days agoLast week, near the town of al Batha in Iraq, a truck heading north on the main road between Basra...
Syria: Defeat Pretending To Be Victory
Strategy Page· 5 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 search ...
Battle for Yemen desert city now a key to Iran, US tension
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoSaudi Arabia, which has led a military coalition since 2015 backing Sanaa’s exiled government, has...
Will Joe Biden close Guantánamo, end the drone war and wind down the War on Terror?
Salon.com· 1 day agoIn the first two months of Joe Biden's presidency, you could feel the country holding its breath....
Iraqi PM grapples with militia threat as talks with US start
Marshall Independent· 5 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 ...