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UN envoy lashes out at Libya's feuding parties and their foreign backers, then says he's resigned
Associated Press· 7 days agoThe U.N. envoy for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, lashed out at the country’s feuding parties and their...
No end in sight to Libya crisis after UN envoy quits
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe abrupt resignation of the United Nations special envoy for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, is the latest sign of the failure of reconciliation efforts in...
Hundreds pay tribute to police officer shot dead 40 years ago from inside Libya’s U.K. embassy
The Washington Times· 6 days agoHundreds of people attended a vigil in central London on Wednesday to commemorate the life of a...
UN’s Libya envoy resigns citing no hope for political progress
Al Jazeera· 7 days agoThe UN’s special envoy for Libya says he is his resigning as the world body cannot successfully...
Israel’s Attacks on Gaza Are Not “Mistakes.” They’re Crimes.
The Nation· 4 days agoThere could hardly be a clearer war crime than Israel’s killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid...
Syria: ISIL Strikes Back
Strategy Page· 5 days agoOctober 27, 2020: Since mid-2020 ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) has been more active in the east (Raqqa, Deir Ezzor and Homs provinces). Between 2017 and early 2020 ISIL was on ...
Syria: Peace Will Have to Wait
Strategy Page· 1 day agoApril 6, 2022: A decade of civil war has left Syria with a lot of losers and no clear winner. The Assad government is technically in control of 90 percent of Syria but that ...
Turkey: Erdogan Abides
Strategy Page· 1 day agoJune 2, 2023: In the run-off election held May 28 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won an estimated 52 percent of the vote. Erdogan’s narrow victory means at the end of his new five-year term ...
Murphy's Law: Post Cold War Typhoon
Strategy Page· 2 days agoJanuary 17, 2018: At the end of 2017 Germany completed conversion of the first 12 (of 48) Typhoon fighters to handle ground support. Specifically this means being able to use a targeting pod ...
Syria: Russia Ignored By All
Strategy Page· 4 days agoSeptember 22, 2020: Russia wants Turkey to withdraw its troops from Syria and the Turks refuse to leave. Russia also wants the Americans out of eastern Syria and the Americans won’t leave. In ...